In June 2017, a two-year-old girl was shot during a drive-by shooting in the Palestinian town of Umm El-Fahm. According to the Israeli press, the toddler was home with her mother when armed strangers opened fire on their home. The mother too was injured and both had to be taken to a local hospital. That same day, according to the same report,
Systemic Racism, Inequality Fuel Spread of Violent Crime Among Palestinian Citizens of Israel
Palestinian citizens have made every effort to integrate as full citizens into a state that, for lack of a better word, forced itself upon them. But hard as they may try, the legal, systemic, and day-to-day reality in which they live gives this community no space to breathe, much less to thrive.