Police Inaction Kills Palestinians: Just Another Day in 'Democracy'
When a Palestinian citizen in Israel is killed and police are accused of 'inaction,' it's not a glitch—it's part of the system. More than 200 Palestinians in Israel have been violently killed this year alone, according to The New Arab, while Israeli police negligence in these communities remains a predictable constant. This isn't newfound indifference; it’s the historical pattern of a state whose
policing resources and priorities are demonstrably skewed by ethnicity and colonial hierarchy. We're told Israel is a 'democracy.' Yet, for Palestinian citizens, the 'rule of law' often means systematic under-policing for their protection and over-policing for their dissent. One might wonder if the 'inaction' isn't just a convenient policy when the victims aren't the 'right' kind of citizens.