AhlulBayt News Agency: As Iranian missile strikes in response to recent criminal Israeli-American aggression continue, reports indicate that Arab residents of the Israeli-occupied territories are being denied entry to shelters during missile alerts. Israeli researchers label it a blatant example of racial discrimination and structural injustice.
According to a report by the Times of Israel, Israeli writer and researcher Ilan Amit highlighted the shocking discrimination faced by Arab residents amidst the retaliatory missile attacks.
Amit, who is co-director of the Arab-Jewish Empowerment, Equality, and Cooperation Center (AJEC-Nisped), noted that safety guidelines issued by Israeli officials reveal a deep and structural divide between Jewish and Arab communities in the occupied territories, rendering many Arab citizens without adequate protection.
Amit elaborated that the Israeli Home Front Command’s recommendations to seek shelter refer to conditions that are essentially nonexistent for a significant portion of the Arab population. Approximately 46% of Arab citizens lack access to public shelters, with nearly 60% having no form of public shelter at all, leaving a considerable segment of the Arab community defenseless against missile attacks.
He also shed light on the precarious living conditions in the Negev’s Bedouin villages, where about 100,000 residents live in flimsy shelters and are entirely vulnerable to attacks. Amit criticized the Israeli regime’s empty promises to address these infrastructural gaps, which have left Bedouin communities as the most at-risk demographic amid recent escalations.
Laura de Chiclana, a Spanish journalist based in Tel Aviv, reported that even during missile alert announcements, Arabs in the occupied territories are barred from entering shelters. She described this behavior as overtly racist and highlighted the increasing visibility of structural discrimination against Arabs in wartime conditions.
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