Danish-Palestinian Simon has an Israeli passport, but feels trapped in an unfree democracy

While the world’s focus is on the war in Gaza and new settlements in the West Bank, Israeli Arabs are experiencing increasing discrimination. A professor calls it Israel’s “second war against Palestinians.”

Their story is overshadowed by the daily horrors experienced by Palestinians in Gaza, as well as the intensified attacks and new settlements in the occupied West Bank.

However, Palestinians residing in Israel and holding Israeli citizenship have, since Hamas’s terrorist attack on October 7, 2023, been victims of a growing anti-Arab wave and increased radicalization among Israelis.