Politics13:22 · Dec 12, 2023

Displaced Israelis Are Being Treated as Second-Class Citizens

HaaretzCenter-left
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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The article argues that Israelis displaced by the war are being treated as a lower tier of evacuees, with their hardship amplified by political neglect and public hostility. It describes a growing sense that those forced from their homes are not receiving equal attention or protection, even as the war drags on and the country’s leadership keeps focusing elsewhere.

The piece ties this failure to broader political trends, saying that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is prolonging a wider conflict to obscure the record of what the article calls his historic fraud. It also says that if Donald Trump were pushed toward renewing the war, it would be because of disgust with it, not support for it.

The article says the IDF is promoting the regularization of outposts connected to farm settlements, whose residents are leading what it describes as ethnic cleansing in the West Bank. It quotes one person saying, “There were always boos from the audience, but since October 7 the hatred has become personal.”

The text also refers to an Israeli woman who said Eliyahu Braverman attacked her, and notes that she was documented with bruises on her face after the meeting. Additional items in the same digest mention a 1977 campaign poster, criticism of a restaurant and of a published photo of Herzl Halevi, but the central theme is the worsening treatment of evacuees and the political forces behind it.

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