In Haifa, ‘coexistence’ requires silence about Israeli war crimes

I would like to start with a confession: this was the first time I joined a demonstration against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza. Since the Hamas attack on October 7, like many other Palestinian citizens, I was afraid — not just of the war itself, but of Israel’s escalating campaign of police repression. 

According to Adalah, a Palestinian human rights organization and legal center based in Haifa, more than 400 Palestinian citizens were arrested or detained…