An illustrative image of solidarity at the workplace (fizkes; iStock at Getty Images)
The bloody clashes Israel has witnessed between Arab and Jewish citizens in the past week has triggered a flurry of response in the tech, business and healthcare world.
Leaders, both Jewish and Arab, from these sectors have issued statements expressing their commitment to a country that treats everyone equally under the law and calling for “healing Israeli society,” just as the nation has been largely cured from the deadly coronavirus pandemic.
Tensions between Israel’s Jewish and Arab communities spiraled into mob violence in ethnically mixed communities over the past week, turning cities into veritable war zones, with police failing to contain the most serious internal unrest to grip the country in years.