Palestinian Lives Matter Less, Even 'Within' Israel, Say Police
When “The New Arab” highlighted that a Palestinian citizen of Israel was killed amid protests over police inaction, it framed the tragedy of over 200 Palestinian deaths this year as a matter of simple negligence. (As if 'regular' negligence isn't enough.) But successive Israeli governments, including Netanyahu's current far-right iteration, have systematically underserviced and discriminated
against Palestinian communities inside Israel for decades, a pattern documented by human rights groups and even Israeli state reports. This isn't oversight; it’s an application of separate-and-unequal law enforcement, a legacy echoing the 1948 Nakba's impact on those Palestinians who remained. One might wonder if 'inaction' applies when the victims are Palestinian, while swift, often brutal,
action is reserved for Palestinian protest. The 'inaction' is entirely the point, a tacit endorsement of violence within these communities, ensuring they remain destabilized and disenfranchised. How many more Palestinians must die before the 'inaction' is reclassified as 'active discrimination?'