Pocono Record · 20 June 2023

CP-2023-034

Israeli minority sees crime spike

Palestinians say historic discrimination to blame

Tia Goldenberg, Associated Press, Lod, Israel

Transcribed from the clipping

“LOD, Israel — A relentless wave of violent crime within Israel’s Palestinian minority is turning cities and towns into bloody battlefields… Activists say Israeli authorities have historically ignored deadly crime among Arabs, doing little to deter violence or hold criminals to account…”

Photograph caption

“Mourners attend the funeral of Rami and Naeem Marjiyeh, Palestinian citizens of Israel killed when a gunman opened fire at a car wash.”

Context added by this archive

The same dispatch. One headline names the government the crime is happening under; this one does not, and puts the explanation in the mouths of the people it is about. Two of the dead are named in the caption.

Cite this item

"Israeli minority sees crime spike," Pocono Record, 20 June 2023. Covering Palestine archive, CP-2023-034. https://coveringpalestine.org/archive/cp-2023-034

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