Sharon Orders Aid for Arabs Targeted by Jews
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon told Israel’s Justice Ministry to change a law denying recompense to Arab citizens bereaved or wounded by Jewish militant attacks to give them the same government aid accorded to victims of Palestinian violence.
Survivors of a shooting spree by a far-right Jew that killed four people in an Israeli Arab town last month were outraged to find they were ineligible for full state compensation as they were not recognized as “terror victims.”
The policy aggravated anger long simmering among the country’s Arab citizens, who constitute one-fifth of the population, over perceived discrimination.
Start your day right
Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
