New York Times · 25 June 1987
CP-1987-045
Israeli Arabs Stage a Strike, Charging Unequal Treatment
Transcribed from the clipping
“‘We are Israelis like any other citizens, and we demand equal treatment’… Israeli Arabs, who have the right to vote but are exempt from military service, say the Government discriminates against them in public spending, employment and services, particularly education.”
Context added by this archive
Seven hundred thousand people by this count, five months before the first intifada began. The word exempt is doing quiet work: exemption from the army is what keeps them out of the housing, loans and jobs that service unlocks, which is the complaint the strike was about.
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"Israeli Arabs Stage a Strike, Charging Unequal Treatment," New York Times, 25 June 1987. Covering Palestine archive, CP-1987-045. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-1987-045
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