"For me and my family, as residents of Jaffa — the only Palestinian community amid some 4 million Jews in the Tel Aviv metropolitan area — we cannot help but wonder: what will they do to us? Maybe they’ll put us in a ghetto like they did after 1948? Maybe armed Jewish groups will organize to harm us like they did during the Unity Intifada of May 2021 — and as they do in the West Bank every day?
Just three years after May 2021 and its aftermath, when Palestinians in Jaffa and other so-called 'mixed cities' witnessed state violence synchronize with Zionist mob violence, we are reminded how hollow our citizenship is — particularly in times of crisis.
Our ongoing dilemma
My daughter loves watching videos on YouTube, but as responsible parents, we limit her screen time to 15 minutes a day. Occasionally, as I sit and watch with her, terrifying advertisements pop up: state propaganda promoting the war, or songs calling for more Palestinian blood. Thankfully, she doesn’t understand Hebrew and can’t grasp how dangerous our situation is."
~ Abed Abou Shhadeh
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