07.05.2015 - 05:58 [ Haaretz ]

Police brutality is just the zeitgeist – the real threat is Israeli xenophobia

It was hard to fall asleep on Sunday night. The police helicopters circled incessantly above Rabin Square. The echoes of the explosions of stun grenades penetrated the windows of the quiet homes of old, white north Tel Aviv, and on television they skipped the relaxing programs scheduled for that evening in order to show thousands of blacks – unkempt, some shirtless, real wild men –…