Here’s ahmedmoor’s video from a demonstration in a Tel Aviv neighborhood called Bat Yam three nights back, against relationships between Palestinians and Jews, and against Palestinians living in certain neighborhoods. Notice how many of the racists are young. I need a translator for the charming placards. Update: Ofer Neiman comes through in the comment section, #1.
Alon Idan reported in Haaretz:
Bat Yam is a venue where Israel’s transformations occur before the rest of the state digests what is happening. Hence, the demonstration staged on Monday in Bat Yam against the entry of Arabs into the city and against relations between Arab men and Jewish women should be taken seriously.
Gideon Levy also decried it in Haaretz, saying that racism had reared its head and the public was apathetic, and the Tel Aviv mayor has called xenophobic attitudes “understandable and just”:
A city and a neighborhood formerly known for crime, and to some extent still known for it, deflect their fears and woes onto the foreigner, even though foreigners are less responsible for distress in these areas than the residents themselves. That’s how it was in Europe in the 1930s, and that’s how it is with us now. Such malicious demonstrations could be staged today in Europe only by neo-Nazi and similar groups; with us, a mayor praises them. In Europe there would be forceful counterdemonstrations. If the hatred were directed at Jews, leaders in Europe would mobilize strong counterdemonstrations. With us, there is virtually no response.
