odanny
Diamond Member
It's important to be informed of what is happening in Israel, and why it's happening.
This article explains it quite well. It is not a partisan attack on Jews or Arabs, but it does hold Netanyahu somewhat responsible, with his deliberately divisive policies. What is different this time than in times past is the rioting is communal in shared Arab-Israeli cities, where in times past these cities remained relatively peaceful as both sides just tried to get along.
The outbreak of communal rioting represents a political failure — an inability or unwillingness by the state to foster civil trust and restrain violent extremists. The rioters are morally responsible for their own actions, but those actions are a symptom of deeper fault lines in Israeli society.
Israel’s political system already suffers from a profound contradiction: It is a democracy for Israeli citizens and a military dictatorship for Palestinians. This dual identity exerts profound stress on the entire system’s stability. By pushing on the social fault lines within Israel, Netanyahu has exacerbated communal tensions in exactly the area where it is most under pressure by the occupation — Jewish-Arab relations.
As a result, the country’s social bargain is unraveling. And innocent Jews and Arabs alike are suffering.
Israel’s unraveling
The wave of riots sweeping Israeli cities reflects the damage done by a decade of divisive right-wing government.
www.vox.com
This article explains it quite well. It is not a partisan attack on Jews or Arabs, but it does hold Netanyahu somewhat responsible, with his deliberately divisive policies. What is different this time than in times past is the rioting is communal in shared Arab-Israeli cities, where in times past these cities remained relatively peaceful as both sides just tried to get along.
The outbreak of communal rioting represents a political failure — an inability or unwillingness by the state to foster civil trust and restrain violent extremists. The rioters are morally responsible for their own actions, but those actions are a symptom of deeper fault lines in Israeli society.
Israel’s political system already suffers from a profound contradiction: It is a democracy for Israeli citizens and a military dictatorship for Palestinians. This dual identity exerts profound stress on the entire system’s stability. By pushing on the social fault lines within Israel, Netanyahu has exacerbated communal tensions in exactly the area where it is most under pressure by the occupation — Jewish-Arab relations.
As a result, the country’s social bargain is unraveling. And innocent Jews and Arabs alike are suffering.