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We Palestinians in Israel are never permitted to forget what we are: second-class citizens. Israel’s political establishment regularly reminds 2 million of us that our legally enforced inferior status is based solely on ethnicity. For us, it’s apartheid — nothing less. I’m an Israeli citizen, yet every time I return home — as I do often — I’m asked by officials at the airport, “What is the reason for your visit?” That’s a question most countries’ border guards reserve for ...

Israel must immediately confiscate all illegal weapons Israel must immediately confiscate all illegal weapons The foremost and most pressing issue confronting Israel after the latest Gaza war is the tens of thousands of illegal weapons held by the country’s Arab citizens, especially criminal gangs. (May 23, 2021 / Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies) Make no mistake about it: Among the many pressing challenges confronting Israel in the aftermath of the latest Gaza war, the most important...

© AP/Heidi Levine Jaffa Protest • May 15, 2021 Attacks on synagogues and archeological sites inside Israel are rooted in Palestinian citizens experience of weaponized development for Jews only. Last weekend Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu described as "terrorists" those Palestinian citizens who have been protesting decades of state-sponsored discrimination. He vowed that "anyone who acts like a terrorist will be handled like one. Arab law-breakers are attacking Jews, burning syna...

221 shares File -- An Israeli man sits at a restaurant that was attacked the previous night in Israels Mediterranean city of Bat Yam on May 13, 2021 (Gil COHEN-MAGEN / AFP) Police said Saturday they had arrested a fourth suspect in the attack on Arab man who was savagely beaten by a mob in Bat Yam, the latest in a number of arrests of Jewish suspects in connection with recent violence. The suspect in his 20s will appear in court on Saturday night where police will submit a request to exte...

Opinions | The cease-fire may hold. But Israel’s treatment of Palestinians won’t change. Rula Jebreal We Palestinians in Israel are never permitted to forget what we are: second-class citizens. Israel’s political establishment regularly reminds 2 million of us that our legally enforced inferior status is based solely on ethnicity. For us, it’s apartheid — nothing less. I’m an Israeli citizen, yet every time I return home — as I do often — I’m asked by offi...

0 shares A truck loaded with humanitarian aid, passes into Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, through the Kerem Shalom crossing, the main passage point for goods entering Gaza from Israel, on May 21, 2021, after a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and the Palestinian Hamas terror group (SAID KHATIB / AFP) The ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza was holding Saturday, as humanitarian aid began to enter the enclave after 11 days of conflict. As thousands of d...

We’re second-class citizens in what’s supposed to be our country, too.

Charges will likely be filed against the four suspects in the attempted lynching in Bat Yam ■ Fourth suspect also arrested in the firebombing of Jaffa home, which left a 12-year-old boy with burns

Biden made no distinction between a democratic ally of the United States and a terrorist organization he did not even name. He spoke as if he did not know that the calm was broken by a terrorist organization and by no one else, and that what prevents Palestinians from having freedom, prosperity and democracy is precisely that they are ruled by terrorists and people who supports terrorism. On April 7, a US Department of State press statement said that the Biden administration had decided to rest...

Residents of working class city say riots tapped into tensions with Garin Torani, a group of national-religious newcomers that reject being anti-Arab and say they are there to stay