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Former MK, Hadash leader Mohammad Barakeh arrested, banned from WB, police say

According to the police spokesperson, Barakeh gave a speech in 2022 where he said "words of praise and identification with terrorists and terrorist organizations."

Mohammad Barakeh attends a press conference at the protest tent of the High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel, in front of the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem on November 3, 2019.
Martial arts champion Danny Hakim came to Israel with the Australian contingent in 1977 for the 10th Maccabiah Games.PremiumPremium

The many lives of karate champion Danny Hakim, from Maccabiah bronze to peacebuilder

 MK Ahmad Tibi reacts during a plenum session in the Knesset on November 21, 2022

Arab parties move to reestablish Joint List without Ra’am after disagreements with Abbas

 Chief Sgt. First Class (Res.) Haim Kalomiti.

Chief Sgt. First Class (res.) Haim Kalomiti, 55, killed in central Israel terror attack


Israel Police chief is right about the crime crisis, wrong to wait for software to fix it - opinion

Technology isn't the cure for crime. We must move beyond surveillance and restore sovereignty through physical presence and emergency powers.

 The Israeli police pointing towards the inside of a car.

President Herzog calls for 'state of emergency' over Arab sector violence at annual Iftar dinner

President Isaac Herzog joined Arab leaders at an Iftar dinner to demand a national emergency against rising violence, calling the record wave of killings a "stain" in Israel's history.

Annual Iftar dinner hosted by President Isaac Herzog to break the Ramadan fast.

Captain Ella trades desk for the field as IDF's new Arab spokesperson

Lt. Col. Ella Waweya, aka ‘Captain Ella,’ was recently named as the next army spokesperson for the Arab world

Head of the Arabic media desk at the IDF Spokesperson Unit Major "Captain" Ella Waweya; highest ranked Arab Muslim IDF soldier. 20.7.2024.

Bennett decries right-wing harassment of Arab Israeli journalist

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett asserted that Israel will cease being a democratic state if journalists grow to fear criticizing the government.

Israeli TV journalist Lucy Aharish. March 11, 2025.

In Israel, Arab citizens are not heading to the polls in droves - opinion

Many believe that the chaos in Israel's Arab society will encourage the silent majority within it to come out and vote in order to bring about change.

An Israeli Arab casts her ballot at a polling station inside a church in the northern town of Reineh, March 17, 2015.

Violence in the Arab sector after Oct. 7: The solution is in childhood education - opinion

Chronic insecurity intensifies fear, and fear often amplifies defensive arming and reactive violence.

Thousands attend a protest against the violence in the Arab community, in Tel Aviv. January 31, 2026.

National Headquarters for Combating Crime in Arab Society launches to tackle rising violence

The headquarters was created in response to what its founder described as “deliberate state failure” in the government and police’s handling of the wave of crime.

Thousands attend a protest against the violence in the Arab community, in Tel Aviv. January 31, 2026.

For first time, Israeli Arabs more likely than Jews to work in field of study, 2024 data reveals

 A shift was recorded this year in the education-to-employment match index. Some 76.4% of employed Arabs work in the field they studied, compared with 72.5% of Jews.

Arab Israelis and Haredi youth at a café in Jerusalem

President Herzog to press for anti-gun legislation, meets with Arab victims of violent crime

Herzog declared that every local authority should make the banning of guns and violence of any kind a top priority.

Israeli president Isaac Herzog meets with bereaved families from the Arab communities, at the presidentäs residence in Jerusalem on February 15, 2026.

Haredi, Arab children with autism face inequality and delay in diagnosis, study finds

The study found two types of inequality: both in the lower rate of children who receive formal diagnoses of being on the spectrum and in a critical delay in the age of diagnosis.

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is underdiagnosed in ultra-Orthodox and Arab-Israeli populations, according to Jerusalem Taub Center for Social Policy Studies.