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Related: About this forum'Superland' And The Normalization Of Segregation In Israel
Superland the Israeli amusement park exposed for segregating Arab and Jewish citizens this week is the most fittingly tragic and ironic title for how I see the current Israeli zeitgeist. No screenwriter or playwright could have come up with a better concept for a tragic comedy about this place.
It captures the two most dominant concepts of politics and life here: that land is the most precious, contested and painful commodity around which the conflict revolves, and that there is nothing amusing about the situation we find ourselves in. Its not all that super, despite the most earnest attempts to sell it as such by Israeli government and PR professionals.
While the Israeli government continues to try and super-size the land of Greater Israel beyond the pre-1967 borders, the story of segregation at Superland is a perfect indicator that no matter what your politics are, no matter your position on settlements, your notion of security, how you judge Palestinian resistance or any other issue, the political reality remains undeniably the same. Everyone living on this tiny piece of land Arabs and Jews, Palestinians and Israelis is in a perennial situation of state-sponsored division, segregation and separation that trickles down not just in Hebrons Shuhada Street, or in East Jerusalem, but everywhere.
After the Jaffa school teacher was unable to make a reservation for a class trip to Superland because they are Arab, management explained that many schools both Arab and Jewish request to visit the park on days when only other schools of the same ethnic group will be there. According to a statement by the parks management, this makes sense for them considering they are interested in ensuring the safety of all visitors:
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azurnoir
(45,850 posts)ya know "separate but equal" and all
oberliner
(58,724 posts)All groups will be able to co-exist peacefully at amusement parks and beaches.