| Rassismus fängt beim Bunkerbau an |  |
Das ist schon hart: Drei Viertel von Israel verfügen über ausreichend Luftschutzbunker. Einzige Ausnahme: Überwiegend von Palästinensern bevölkerte Städte.
"The war between Israel and Iran involves powerful modern weapons that can turn a human body into vapour and scraps in an instant. Israel also has modern air defences which have managed thus far to intercept most of the incoming Iranian missiles. And for three-quarters of the country there are underground bunkers, a virtual guarantee of survival.
But the Khatib family did not have a bunker. They were Palestinian citizens of Israel, like the rest of the 37,000 population of this old hillside town in the Lower Galilee. And in common with most Palestinian-majority towns, Tamra does not have a single underground shelter. Like much else in Israel, there is nothing equal about the way death comes from the sky.
'The Israeli government, since the creation of the state, didn’t invest in one public shelter for the Arab part of society,' Tamra’s mayor, Mussa Abu Rumi, said. The reinforced “safe rooms” in new-build houses are an inferior alternative, as the fate of the Khatibs showed, and Abu Rumi said only 40% of Tamra residents even have those.
'I would like to think that the government, since missiles have become part of warfare, will start a multi-dimensional programme to invest in the Arab community, and building shelters would be part of that,' the mayor said.
Asked if he thought the current hard-right coalition would pursue such a programme, he shook his head and admitted there was 'no hope'."
Und der Artikel wird nur noch deprimierender. :-(
[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/jun/15/they-just-see-you-as-an-arab-israels-palestinian-citizens-given-cursory-protection-from-attack]
Als "hoffnungslos" würde ich die Lage in der Region mittlerweile auch bezeichnen. Mehr als sich gegenseitig die Köpfe einzuschlagen fällt dort offenbar fast niemandem mehr ein. Einfach eine dumme, hasserfüllte Tragödie.