Visit our Hebrew site, "Local Call" , in partnership with Just Vision. Tuesday, December 08 2015 By +972 Blog | Published December 5, 2015 The ghettoization of Israel's 'mixed cities' The banality of the ghetto: The term ‘ghetto’ migrated from Europe’s Jewish communities to Israel’s ethnically mixed towns — both as an idea and an institution for controlling the Palestinians who remained in Israel after 1948. By Daniel Monterescu In the aftermath of Jaffa’s conquest in 1948, Moshe Erem, director-general of Israel’s Ministry of Minority Affairs and Tel-Aviv City Council member, wrote to A damaged section of the wall separating Lydda/Lod’s Palestinian neighborhood of Pardes Shanir and the Jewish town of Nir Tzvi, 2013. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org) The ghettoization of Israel’s ‘mixed cities’ | +972 Magazine http://972mag.com/the-ghettoization-of-israels-mixed-cities/... 1 of 7 08/12/15 11:46