Video debunks myth of Israeli apartheid in Hebron

Shuhada street in Hebron is not restricted based on race — it is
the Jewish residents who are the ones who face severe restrictions, according to a
new video produced by Boomerang – Fighting for Israel.

 

Yishai Fleisher, international spokesperson for the Jewish Community of Hebron debunked
the recent video posted by the IfNotNow group claiming Israel engaged in apartheid
practices.

 

In the IfNotNow video, local provocateur of the Youth Against Settlements
organization stood outside the Beit Hadassah building in one of Hebron’s Jewish
neighborhoods and proclaimed that Hebron has “segregated streets.”

 

Fleisher noted the irony of the claim that the street is segregated when he,
an Arab Muslim stood on the street to film the video. “He’s standing here in the Jewish
section of town talking about our apartheid against him,” Fleisher said.

He went on to note Israeli residents are restricted to the Jewish neighborhoods only
which comprise only 3% of the city. As Fleisher walked down the street, he greeted
a random Arab passerby.

 

Fleisher called Hebron “ground zero for the anti-Israel
narrative,”

 

“So-called ‘human rights organizations’ bring tourists to Hebron, but they
show them a very thin slice of life here,” he added. “Their goal is to demonize
Israel.”

 

He goes on to describe Hebron as the wealthiest city in the Palestinian Authority
accounting for 40% of the PA’s economy. “There are 17,000 stores and factories which
export 5 billion shekels worth of products a year,” Fleisher explained.

 

Arab Hebron has hospitals, universities a sports stadium, and a modern indoor shopping
center.

 

He contrasted it to the Jewish community’s sole restaurant, the pizza place
at the Gutnick center next to the Tomb of the Patriarchs and
Matriarchs.

 

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