Arab sector

A 9-year-old girl who was shot in the head in Arara was pronounced dead

A 9-year-old girl was shot dead in Arara today in a violent incident. Police have arrested suspects as they investigate what began as a local dispute between neighbors.

A 7-year-old girl was killed after being shot in the head during a dispute in Arara, near Haifa, May 27, 2026.
Israeli Border Police snipers take position near the separation barrier during an operation against illegal Palestinian infiltrators, April 28, 2026.

Border Guard, detectives arrest suspect moments after shooting during Nazareth operations

Arab Israelis and Haredi youth at a café in Jerusalem

Israel is missing a NIS 180 billion growth engine - opinion

Israeli security forces are seen at the scene where three men were shot dead by assassins in the city of Shfaram, northern Israel, January 7, 2026

Most Jewish Israelis blame Arab crime wave on 'cultural problem,' poll finds


Police seek to catch Arab sector crime bosses through tax forms

Since the year began police have confiscated 1,233 pistols, 218 rifles, 493 improvised weapons, 54 shotguns, 453 different types of grenades, 231 explosive charges, and 166,176 rounds of ammunition.

Smuggled guns seized by the IDF and Israel Police near the border with Jordan, October 3, 2022

Netanyahu ignored Abbas's request to lead fight against Arab crime

Mansour Abbas, head of the Ra'am Party, offered to help fight Arab sector crime, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored his request, as crime rates continue to skyrocket.

 Ra'am Party head MK Mansour Abbas attends a conference of Israel Hayom newspaper in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023.

A majority of Israelis feel unsafe amid rampant crime, terror

The absence of a personal security feeling also affects people's actions in public spaces and even on roads.

 The scene of a car ramming terrorist attack next to the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, Israel, on April 24, 2023.

Man killed in shooting near Nazareth as Arab sector launches protest strike

The Arab sector held a general strike across the country on Tuesday in response to rising crime rates.

 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.

An imam’s plea amid rampant violence in Arab sector - opinion

If we are destined to live together on this same piece of land, then the responsibility for this hardship is on all of us.

 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

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.