The Supreme Court’s decision to force Palestinian politician Sami Abu Shehadeh out of the upcoming Israeli elections is the latest sign that there is no place for Palestinian citizens of Israel in the ‘Jewish and democratic’ state.
Palestinians with Israeli citizenship are no longer asked to pledge allegiance, but to renounce their own history. Palestinian Knesset candidate Sami Abu Shehadeh did exactly that before Israel’s Supreme Court, and was pushed out anyway.
The first anti-war demonstration in Tel Aviv since October 7 offered an important look at the current state of the protest movement in Israel, as well as how the government will seek to repress it.
Since October 7, dissent inside Israel has been violently put down by the government under the leadership of Itamar Ben-Gvir. Yoav Haifawi reports on how repression is deepening inside the Israeli dictatorship.