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May. 20, 2021 2:27 AM
The events of this past week are threatening the ability of Jewish and Arab Israelis to live together. The situation is so dire, that it is forcing us to take drastic steps: Before Israeliness disappears into thin air, we must prove to the Arab citizens that they are indeed citizens. For purposes of building trust, we must open the state’s enforcement mechanisms to them; we must show them that state power, which has been directed against them, can and must also work to their benefit. In short, the time has come to appoint an Arab police commissioner in Israel.
Opinion: Previous commissions of inquiry have involved trial-like tribunals where witnesses testified with lawyers by their side fearing self-incrimination; what we need now is the truth about the chain of events so such tragedy does not happen again