Earlier this month, Adalah Attorney Nareman Shehadeh-Zoabi and her infant son arrived at the park and found a new large sign at the entrance reading: "The park is open … to Afula residents only".
Upon learning that they are from the nearby Arab city of Nazareth, a security guard at the park entrance forbade them from entering.
"I felt deeply humiliated by the situation," said Attorney Shehadeh-Zoabi.
"Jewish residents freely walked past me into the very park that I so often enjoyed with my son while I was prevented from entering and forced to leave – simply because I am from the Arab city of Nazareth".
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