Silenced in Their Homeland for Jewish Comfort

Manufacture Dissent · Aug 8, 2026 · 35m

It is despicable the way Palestinian citizens of Israel are being told to shrink themselves.

Across workplaces in Israel, Palestinian employees are being told to stop speaking Arabic — their own mother tongue — because it might make Jewish customers “uncomfortable.” Managers are demanding it out loud, as if it’s perfectly normal to demand that an entire people mute their identity so someone else doesn’t feel uneasy.

Middle East Eye documented cases where Palestinian workers were warned that Arabic could “trigger” people traumatized by October 7th. As if Palestinians — who have lived through…