Why Palestinian Israelis are so aggrieved
JVL Introduction
In this op-ed, renowned author Shlomo Sand looks at the recent turbulence affecting Palestinians in Israel, the “ones that have citizenship and enjoy full political equality in the State of Israel” as we have so often been assured.
It is the very improvement in their conditions in recent years that underpin their “broad and violent rebellion”.
For how can you be equal in a country that declares it is not yours?
The structural discrimination against them, the grotesque disrespect at the al Aqsa Mosque, the threat of expulsion of those in Sheikh Jarrar, whose families were previously expelled in the nakba – all have coalesced to unite Palestinians in anger and solidarity.
Will the Israeli government step back from the brink of the ethnic disintegration it has so encouraged in recent times?
This article was originally published by Ha'aretz on Mon 24 May 2021. Read the original here.
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In my dream future, Simon Schama will finally write the long-trailed final volume of his magisterial Story of the Jews (the title of which, “When Words Fail”, he too precipitously fore-shadowed) and in this work he will embrace Shlomo Sand, with all his heart, as his twin.