As Israel and Iran trade blows, Palestinian citizens of Israel have less access to shelter
As Iranian missiles strike cities and communities across Israel, Palestinian citizens live with less access to protective structures than their Jewish counterparts.
A 2024 report by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) stated that Arab communities in Israel were less likely to have access to shelters, with communities near Israel’s borders, among those most exposed to possible attacks, even less so.
“Among the Jewish population, close to 100 percent of residents in localities within 9km of the border have protective structures, while more than 50 percent of Arab residents within the same distance of the border do not have protective structures,” it states, citing a 2018 report by the State Comptroller.
The report also cites polling figures that nearly 60 percent of Palestinian citizens of Israel say the Israeli state does not provide them with the same level of protective structures as Jewish communities.