"Racist Regime": Orly Noy on Israel Denying Bomb Shelter Access to Palestinians

Orly Noy asserts that Israeli society, including mainstream media and the Zionist Jewish opposition, exhibits 'almost automatic support of any war no matter how senseless it is.' This phenomenon paradoxically strengthens Prime Minister Netanyahu, as his political opponents rally behind him during conflicts, making it harder to challenge his leadership.

Noy states, 'The Israeli society is well known for its almost automatic support of any war no matter how senseless it is. And we see it once again not only by the supporters of Netanyahu and his government but also by the entire Zionist Jewish opposition.' She cites opposition head Yair Lapid's call for 'complete destruction of all Iranian infrastructure' as an example.

Noy argues that Israel uses the diversion of international and local attention to conflicts in Gaza or Iran as an opportunity to implement 'extreme changes on the ground.' This includes escalating military presence in Lebanon and facilitating violence by settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank, often resulting in executions that go largely unnoticed.

Noy explains, 'whenever the public locally and internationally attention is drawn if it's to Gaza or to Iran Israel is making really extreme changes on the ground now it's in Lebanon which is being conquered... with troops on the ground in the West Bank. I think it's really important to speak about what's going on these days in the West Bank with Palestinians being simply executed by settlers with the support of the Israeli army.'

Noy highlights a fundamental issue of discrimination where Palestinians are denied equal protection during wartime. She notes that while Jewish neighborhoods in Jerusalem are well-equipped with bomb shelters, Palestinian neighborhoods, despite being annexed, lack this basic infrastructure. This forces Palestinian children to attend school during wartime, as schools are often the only buildings with shelters.

Noy states, 'It's not that Palestinians in many cases are not being allowed into public shelters against the law... The more fundamental problem is that the Palestinian neighborhoods... are lacking the fundamental... needs for protection, no shelters here in Jerusalem.' She adds, 'The Jewish neighborhoods are well protected by shelters. The pallet you cannot find a single almost single shelter in the Palestinian neighborhood.'

The host and guest discuss Israel's deregistration of 37 international aid groups, which, combined with the closure of the Rafah crossing, significantly exacerbates the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. This action is framed as part of a broader strategy to control information and further 'infliction of measures and policies meant to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians.'

The host mentions 'Israel's dregistration of 37 international aid groups... coming into effect last week.' Noy's co-guest states, 'It's part of the continuing genocide... the infliction of measures and policies meant to bring about the physical destruction of Palestinians means curtailing and controlling humanitarian aid.'