this is the northern israeli town of afula home to around fifty thousand people most of whom are jewish the town and particularly this park women used recently because of if it's by citizens to maintain what they call the character of the place and the way to do this according to the town's mayor is to shut out so-called minority members that say arab citizens of nearby villages that's just to use them as for keeping arabs out and. the park is a place of enjoyment not a place only for jews it's for everyone and not only for residents of afula. an increase of discrimination they do not directly say does against arabs but not a lot of arabs leave enough food and who feel like it is forbidden for us to enter some ways it is here disagree they say that people who don't live in the town should not be allowed into the park the official word from the municipality is that we must safeguard. it insists that the closure of the park to nonresidents has nothing to do with jews and arabs but rather it's a way of exposing the town's residents to a host of activities that they can participate in or th