US EditionRights Groups Urge Israeli Government, Army to Immediately Add Shelters in Arab Towns
- On 15 June 2025, a missile launched by Iran hit a villa in the town of Tamra, located within Israel, resulting in the deaths of four women from one family.
- This event exposed longstanding systemic issues, including Israel's nation-state law of 2018 and decades of discrimination that exclude Palestinian citizens from basic protective infrastructure.
- Many Palestinian communities lack adequate bomb shelters, with surveys showing only 11 out of 71 Arab towns having a single public shelter, while Jewish areas have extensive and accessible shelter networks.
- Palestinian leader Ayman Odeh criticized the government for neglecting Arab communities despite calls for solidarity, while Dr. Hanan Ashrawi highlighted that protection and safety must be guaranteed equally to all groups, especially during times of crisis.
- The strike and shelter disparities highlight deep social divisions and imply urgent need for equitable civil defense measures to protect all Israeli citizens regardless of ethnicity.
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Many Arab Israelis do not have access to public bomb shelters.
In many Palestinian villages and towns in Israel, there are hardly any bomb shelters. The population here is vulnerable to Iranian attacks now that the country is hitting back at Israel. "A rocket does not distinguish between Jews and Arabs, politics does."
Rights groups urge Israeli government, army to immediately add shelters in Arab towns
The four women who were killed in northern Israel overnight into Sunday are only the most recent casualties in the Arab community, where many towns lack even basic shelter infrastructure
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Israelis take shelter during a missile attack from Iran Nouraldin Araj and The New Arab staff write on 17 June 2025: On 15 June, an Iranian missile struck the Palestinian town of Tamra inside Israel, killing several civilians. Within hours, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commented: “Missiles don’t differentiate between Jews and Arabs”. His remarks sparked fury among Palestinian citizens of Israel, who pointed out the grotesque hypocrisy of a …
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