Arab sector

Arab families protest rise in violent crime, murder, blocking Ayalon highway

“This struggle is a fight for life and against the abandonment of an entire society that bleeds every day,” the protesters said.

Members of the Arab community in Israel protest against the violence in their community, in Sakhnin, northern Israel, January 22, 2026.
Members of the Arab community in Israel protest against the violence in their community, in Sakhnin, northern Israel, January 22, 2026.

Thousands protest rising crime in Arab sector, Ben-Gvir accuses leaders of 'fueling violence'

Members of the Arab community protest against the violence in their community, outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 11, 2026.

Rivers of blood: Arab Israelis are plagued by crime, violence and the gov't won't help - opinion

MANY ILLEGAL weapons in the Arab community are stolen from Israeli army bases, while others are smuggled from the borders with Jordan and Egypt. Here, illegal weapons are displayed after a police operation against illegal gun dealers, in Nazareth in 2021.

'Hijacked by criminal gangs': How gangs, weapons took over Israel's Arab streets


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.