Fear and Loathing in Israel, 2010

Fear and Loathing in Israel, 2010
by Ami Kaufman
Posted: December 21, 2010 05:08 AM
Huffington Post

I can't get away from it. Every place I go, everything I read, everything I watch -- it's always there. The racism is always there. Towards Arabs, towards foreign workers, towards Morroccans, Russians, Ashkenazim, Mizrahim.

This isn't the place I grew up in. Where is that place? Where did it go? Racism has always existed in Israel, but something about the ease in its surfacing, something about how violent it is is different. It's all out in the open, and nobody cares anymore.

I'm actually really, really scared.

Jewish gang that attacked Arabs arrested

Jewish gang that attacked Arabs arrested
Published: Dec. 21, 2010 at 11:23 AM
UPI

JERUSALEM, Dec. 21 (UPI) -- Israeli police have arrested a gang of nine Jewish suspects, seven of them minors, that allegedly attacked Arabs in Jerusalem.

The gang members live in Jerusalem and West Bank settlements, police said.

The Jerusalem Magistrates Court released three of the teenagers on bail Tuesday, Ynetnews.com said.