A Jew, and Arab and a smartphone meet on a train in Jerusalem | +972 Magazine

A disturbing story of violence and racism on the light rail in Jerusalem, and how the cellphone in your pocket can deliver justice.  On the surface of things you could write it off as just another case of anti-Arab racism, wrapped neatly in Jewish Israelis’ all-too-common racist fears of Palestinians. Just another incident among many on public transportation in Israel, just one of many that have taken place on the light rail in Jerusalem. But this was something else. I’ve heard no small number of stories of Palestinians being harassed and attacked in public in recent weeks. There was the young Jewish woman who…

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