Israel Mourns Palestinian Crime Deaths, Blames Police — Not Itself
A Palestinian citizen of Israel was killed amid protests against what The New Arab accurately terms 'police inaction' regarding violent crime. The article notes over 200 Palestinian citizens have died this year in such incidents. This narrative often frames the issue as a policing problem within Palestinian communities, conveniently sidestepping the systemic neglect and unequal treatment embedded
in Israel's foundational policies. The 'police inaction' is less a bug, more a feature of how Palestinian citizens are policed within a state that legally enshrines Jewish-majority preference, as seen in the 2018 'Jewish Nation-State Law'. Ignoring the socio-economic conditions fostered by decades of discriminatory policies – which generate poverty, limited opportunities, and disproportionate law
enforcement presence for suppression rather than protection – allows the state to deflect responsibility. So, is it truly 'inaction' when the system is designed to marginalize? Or is it active indifference, framed as merely a 'crime wave' rather than a symptom of structural oppression that generates despair before violence?