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By Palestinians do you mean Palestinian nationals? Palestinians who are Israeli citizens are certainly allowed Ramat Eshkol, like any other community.



You know that doesn’t happen, and you know why. Israel has extreme racial discrimination, and the settlers that live in these neighborhoods are the some of the worst case of racial sectarian violence.

There are around 220,000 Jewish Israeli Settlers living in East Jerusalem, how many non-jewish Israelis do you think live in these neighborhoods? I tried to search for the number but couldn’t. I would be surprised if it is more then a 1000.

Whether this reality is because of policy or not is not what I am debating (although the answer seems kind of obvious; unless you dispute Israel’s apartheid policies). The reality is that Jerusalem is currently a segregated city.


So just to clarify, when you said "Palestinians are not allowed", you meant that they are allowed but might experience racism? Why not say that?

> how many non-jewish Israelis do you think live in these neighborhoods

Both Ramat Eshkol and East Jerusalem more broadly are majority Arab.


I feel like you are trying to catch me in a contradiction. You may very well success (if you haven’t already) I am not good at debating. All I am trying to say is that Jerusalem is a segregated city now, like it was during the Roman period, but unlike during the Arab or the Ottoman rule.

> Both Ramat Eshkol and East Jerusalem more broadly are majority Arab.

East Jerusalem is yes. But there are inner settlements which exclude a certain ethnicity, which makes the city segregated.

Where did you get the information that Ramat Eshkol was majority Arab? I tried to search online and all I saw was the fact that it was a Jewish Neighborhood (a funny way to describe an illegal settlement).

https://www.jpost.com/business-and-innovation/real-estate/ar...




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