Arab-Jewish relations have, in recent years, seen a mix of setbacks and progress in Israel. Discriminatory laws have been passed and anti-Arab rhetoric employed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his right-wing allies. But there’s also been an unparalleled surge of Arab integration in universities, in the workforce, even in politics.
Yet in an instant, the progress seems potentially undone by synagogues burned, Muslim cemeteries desecrated, lynching-style attacks, and ugly street fights that erupted in response to a new round of intense Israeli-Palestinian strife that spread like wildfire from East Jerusalem to Gaza and now, Israel’s heartland.
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