Arabs

Jewish group urges halt to ‘Nakba’ exhibit at Canadian Museum of Human Rights

Introducing the exhibit just two years after the October 7 Hamas attacks "raises further alarm," says AGPI, warning the display risks emboldening extremist rhetoric.

|ByTHE MEDIA LINE STAFF
People rally to mark the one year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on February 24, 2023.
A Jewish man wears a blue Kippah with a Star of David on it in Sao Paulo, Brazi

Israel-Hamas War made Israelis more religious, JPPI special report reveals

Approximately half of the people who identified as center or left-wing reported a rightward shift in their politics since October 7.

|ByESTHER DAVIS
Trucks carry aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2025.

Are Arab states already pessimistic about the future of the Gaza deal? - analysis

Many countries are wary of the future and wonder if the deal agreed to in Egypt on October 8 can actually change the situation in Gaza. 

|BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
VIVIAN SILVER

Jewish-Arab equality is the only path forward: Lessons from Vivian Silver - opinion

Reality has proven to us again and again that the only viable path forward with the Bedouin community is the slow and difficult work of building trust, mutual respect, and belonging.

|ByILAN AMIT, KHER ALBAZ

Kafr Kara shooting kills 29-year-old amid rising Arab sector homicide wave

According to the Abraham Initiatives, 187 Arab-Israelis have been murdered in 2025.

SEPTEMBER 25, 2025BySARAH BEN-NUN, PESACH BENSON/TPS
Police car at night

Scholars say Iran intensified repressions, focused on hangings and an Internet blackout

Since the war with Israel, Iranian Police have claimed 21,000 arrests, while rights groups say the subsequent surge in executions echoes the run-up to the 1988 prison massacres.

SEPTEMBER 21, 2025ByJACOB WIRTSCHAFTER / THE MEDIA LINE
Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Arab League summit in Doha leaves Israel with a choice - opinion

Israelis should realize that for many in the region, the Israel of the past three years is different from all previous ones.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025ByNIMROD NOVIK
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha this week. The moment seems to call for Arab leaders to grant a series of in-depth interviews to Israeli TV channels, says the writer.

The power of a generation: Young Arabs and Jews are building tomorrow’s Israel - opinion

The future of Israel, in all its complexity, lies in the hands and spirit of its youth – both Jewish and Arab.

AUGUST 28, 2025ByMAISAM JALJULI, BOOZY MERAV BOAZ
DESPITE THE obstacles, a steadfast determination among young Arabs and Jews refuses to yield to despair, say the writers, Boozy Merav Boaz (left) and Maisam Jaljuli.

Shooting, explosives, sleepless nights: Witnesses recount life amid rampant crime in Arab society

Sara Abu Siam from Lod says fear of violence now defines daily life for Arab youth in Israel, as crime surges and police response lags behind.

AUGUST 17, 2025ByHODAYA RAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Border Police force members patrol near the entrances to the Arab-Jewish town of Lod, Israel May 13, 2021.

Is Egypt truly a friend of Israel? - opinion

Israel’s challenge is to continue managing this vital economic partnership without ignoring the clear signs that, in the military and political arenas, Egypt maintains a posture of suspicion.

AUGUST 16, 2025ByDAVID BEN-BASAT
A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, Egypt

This week in Jewish history: The 2005 Gaza Disengagement

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

AUGUST 16, 2025BySTEVEN DRUCKER
OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.

Arab terrorism and violence is not normal - opinion

The world’s allowance for Palestinian violence directly led to the massacre of innocent Jews and Israelis.

AUGUST 10, 2025ByALIZA PILICHOWSKI
THE DEADLY aftermath in a Kibbutz Nir Oz home after October 7, 2023.

Smotrich posts picture with 'Death to the Arabs' graffiti, blames media for 'not paying attention'

Israeli-Palestinian NGO raised the issue of Smotrich's post with the Attorney-General, arguing that no politician could post something that said "Death to the Jews" without reprimands.

AUGUST 7, 2025ByANNA BARSKY, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
MK Bezalel Smotrich published a cropped photo afterward.

Yeshiva students spat at, insulted by Arab man with knife in Lucerne, Switzerland

An Arab man with a knife approached a group of yeshiva students while shouting antisemitic insults and 'free Palestine' in Lucerne, Switzerland.

JULY 22, 2025ByMATHILDA HELLER
People walk past as Swiss police vehicles stand by to prevent expected illegal gatherings amid restrictions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in the old town of Zurich, Switzerland, April 9, 2021.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

JULY 9, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Excavation near Jerusalem.