The horrific sights of the last few days in Acre, Bat Yam and Or Akiva – mob attacks on Arabs and Jews, businesses vandalized and thugs terrorizing entire neighborhoods – raise deep concern for the state’s future and for the ability of Jews and Arabs to live together as Israelis. The violence in mixed Jewish-Arab cities smashed the illusion that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sold the public, that the Palestinians in Israel had renounced their feelings and aspirations and are now only interested in their standard of living. It has once again transpired that the perception of discrimination