Date: June 16th, 2025 1:12 PM
Author: Paralegal Mohammad
Palestinians in Israel’s north ‘abandoned’ by authorities as rocket deaths soar
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There are two main levels to this neglect: first, residents point to a severe shortage of rocket shelters in Arab communities compared to nearby Jewish ones; and second, the army appears to be placing Iron Dome batteries next to Arab towns so that shrapnel from interceptions falls over them instead of over neighboring Jewish communities.
The extent of the state’s disregard for the safety of its Palestinian citizens becomes evident when comparing the situation in neighboring Arab and Jewish communities. Hussein Manna, an attorney and chairman of the local parents’ committee in the town of Majd Al-Krum, highlighted the stark difference between the situation in the Shaghur area, which comprises the Arab localities of Majd Al-Krum, Deir Al-Assad, and Bu’ana, and the situation in Karmiel, a predominantly Jewish city located 3.5 kilometers away.
“Karmiel has 126 public shelters and hundreds of small mobile shelters for 55,000 residents,” he told +972. “The Shaghur area has a similar population: 53,000 people. In the entire area, there are two public shelters: one in Deir Al-Assad, and one in Bu’ana. The state took pity on us [in Majd Al-Krum] and gave us six mobile shelters, each 1.5 by 1.5 meters, which can accommodate 10-12 people. We need at least 50 such shelters, and they gave us six. We’ve been abandoned — our lives are cheap.”
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‘The village looks like an Israeli military base’
In the village of Jish, close to the Lebanese border, residents are not only taking direct missile fire but also have to see and hear constant Israeli fire toward Lebanon. “The entire year was hard — whole nights we went without sleep,” Naheda Zuzu, a high school safety officer, told +972.
“The village looks like an Israeli military base,” she continued. “They put up checkpoints at the entrances, and a month ago they stationed a tank 200 meters away from my house and started firing shells non-stop. The noise was so loud that it affected my hearing. This situation is not normal; every day I open my eyes and thank God that I’m still alive. We had missiles fall nearby, luckily on farmland and not inside the village. Many windows were shattered by the force of the blasts. Even iron door frames cracked. Luckily there are shelters in the village.”
https://www.972mag.com/hezbollah-rockets-palestinians-iron-dome-shelters/
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5737960&forum_id=2#49020595)