In May 2021, during the last war between Israel and Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, the streets of Israel were gripped by a frightening phenomenon not seen in decades: widespread intercommunal violence between the country’s Jewish and Arab citizens.
Homes, businesses, schools, synagogues, mosques and cemeteries were attacked in riots that left at least three people dead. Those memories are still fresh; the amplified distrust between neighbours in towns and cities with mixed populations has not abated.
