‘Not for you’: Israeli shelters exclude Palestinians as bombs rain down

Shelters provide safety for Israelis during missile attacks - but Palestinian citizens of Israel say they're often excluded [Abir Sultan/EPA-EFE]

When Iranian missiles began raining down on Israel, many residents scrambled for cover. Sirens wailed across the country as people rushed into bomb shelters.

But for some Palestinian citizens of Israel – two million people, or roughly 21 percent of the population – doors were slammed shut, not by the force of the blasts and not by enemies, but by neighbours and fellow citizens.