Arab sector

Israeli gov't approves plan to move over half a billion shekels from Arab sector to Shin Bet

The budget is to be taken from government decision 550, which was approved in 2021 to reduce economic and social gaps between Arab society and the rest of the population.

(FILE PHOTO) Israeli security forces, including from the IDF, Border Police, and Shin Bet, operate in the Jenin area in the West Bank, November 20, 2024.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Shin Bet Director David Zini, October 23, 2025.

Israeli gov't considers moving over half a billion shekels from Arab sector to Shin Bet

Isaac Herzog meets with Imams from across the country to discuss crime prevention.

As Arab sector violence soars, Israeli imams complete leadership program to combat crime

United Hatzalah responds to double murder in Yafia on June 4, 2026.

Within an hour: Three men killed in two incidents of violent crime amid Arab sector crime crisis


Israel Police, Interior Ministry clash over municipal elections safety

The disagreement comes as local candidates feel unsafe as four local politicians in the Arab sector have been targeted in the past couple of weeks.

   Demonstrators protest against the violence in the Israeli Arab Community and the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on August 26, 2023.

Military top lawyer: Israeli efforts to harm judicial independence hurt IDF

Israel Bar Association held its 12th annual conference on Monday, with notable Israel legal figures touching on the judicial reform.

Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi speaks at the 12th annual Israel Bar Association Conference on Monday, September 4, 2023

Imam shot dead near mosque in second Arab city shooting in 24 hours

This also marks the second shooting incident in Kfar Kara in under 24 hours, after two young men in their 20s were shot dead on Frid

A view of the mosque where a shooting occurred in Kfar Kara on September 2, 2023

Arab mother of seven murdered by sons due to her 'way of life' - report

Two of four suspects arrested by police on Thursday are Talya Khatib's 18 and 20-year-old sons.

 Members of the Arab community march as they protest against the violence in their community, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, August 31, 2023

Funds for Israel's Arab community should be transferred, but need oversight - editorial

At a time of a frightening increase in organized crime in the Arab community, which has also affected the municipalities, Bezalel Smotrich was right to be cautious.

 Arab students seen at the campus of "Mount Scopus" at Hebrew University in Jerusalem on March 7, 2017.

Smotrich unfreezes funds for Israeli Arabs after security chiefs meeting

As part of the agreement reached, the funds will be transferred from the Finance Ministry to the Interior Ministry, which will then allocate and move the funds over to Arab local councils.

 FINANCE MINISTER Bezalel Smotrich speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on August 9, 2023..

'We have to appeal to Jews': Israeli cabinet clashes over Arab funds

Public Diplomacy Minister Galit Distal Atbaryan insisted that the government "needs to address the Jewish base [of supporters]."

 PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chairs a cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem last month.

Family of six injured in northern Arab town shooting

More than 150 people have been murdered so far this year in the Arab community, twice the number from last year.

The supposed vehicle of the Kafr Kanna shooters on August 26, 2023

Does Israel's loss of control in Arab sector mean it is a failed state? - analysis

Two local Arab politicians were murdered in two days earlier this week.

 Arab citizens protest the budget cut in the Arab sector, outside the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on August 13, 2023.

No hesitation from Shin Bet jumping into quadruple murder case

A local council candidate was murdered on Tuesday in the second political murder in as many days.

 Police at the scene where four men were shot dead in the Arab Town of Abu Snan, northern Israel, August 22, 2023.