Racism in Arad: Mayor declares southern Israeli town off-limits to Africans

Racism in Arad: Mayor declares southern Israeli town off-limits to Africans

By David Sheen

Following the Israeli High Court decision that African asylum-seekers must be released from the Holot desert detention center, the mayor of the southern Israeli town of Arad ordered local law enforcement to prevent any Africans from entering the city. Dan Cohen, Rebecca Pierce and David Sheen travelled to Arad to interview local residents and ask them what they thought of their mayor’s announcement.

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