Israeli Arabs

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

ARAB AFFAIRS: Gangs dominate Arab cities, violence has reached new heights, with daily murders and shootings. Fear and anxiety grip residents, with little hope for safety or justice.

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.
Israeli police tape.

Three shot dead in Shfaram as Arab society murder toll reaches eight since start of 2026

 Israeli President Isaac Herzog is seen meeting with Arab women at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on June 25, 2023.

Only one third of Israeli Arabs feel safe in Israel - poll

 Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)

From prevention to coercion: Israel’s failing response to crime in Arab society - opinion


Netanyahu, police wait until last minute for Ramadan Temple Mount decision

Two weeks before Ramadan, and the concern over fermenting unrest due to intentions to limit the ascent of Israeli Arabs to the Temple Mount is preoccupying security authorities.

 The Temple Mount, and al-Aqsa Mosque, seen behind a fence of barbed wire, Jerusalem, February 2024

'Normalizing the occupation': PLO calls for boycott against Arab-Israeli list in local elections

"The participation of a Palestinian list in the occupation's municipal elections in Jerusalem is a shameless normalization that serves the plans of the occupation," read the announcement.

Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh speaks before the start of the weekly cabinet meeting in Ramallah, West Bank May 11, 2020

'An explosion is coming': Hamas warns against Ramadan restrictions on Temple Mount

[Our] anger is imminent… and an explosion is coming in response to any restrictions on the entry of Muslims to Al-Aqsa Mosque during the month of Ramadan,” Hamas wrote.

 WAVING HAMAS flags after Ramadan prayers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, April 22. Occupationalists seems to side with Hamas and not with peaceful Muslim worshipers.

Al-Aqsa tensions are a political, not a security issue - expert

"Israel should have come and said 'The place is ours, the city is ours, this is the site of our Temple,'" stresses Dr. Mordechai Kedar.

 Palestinian Muslims attend Friday prayers at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, on October 6, 2023.

Majority of Jewish Israelis opposed to demilitarized Palestinian state - survey

In a survey performed by the Israel Democracy Institute, Jewish and Arab citizens of Israel were asked a variety of questions about Israel's war with Hamas and what the future should look like.

Netanyahu and Abbas

It is urgent to invest in Arab integration in Israel - opinion

Maintaining Jewish-Arab relations in Israel is an urgent imperative essential to the country’s well-being.

 TWO DEMONSTRATORS hold signs at a protest calling for calm and Jewish-Arab coexistence in Lod in 2021, following a night of rioting by Arab residents in the city. The signs read: ‘We refuse to be enemies,’ and ‘Together against violence.’

Friendships between Arabs and Jews tested during the war

An unlikely friendship is tested by the war. Can it survive?

 PEOPLE HANG OUT at an outdoor restaurant terrace in Tel Aviv with Valentine’s Day decorations this week.

Bedouins who fought Hamas on Oct. 7 honored for bravery and heroism in Jerusalem

Israeli politicians vouched for Bedouins who put their lives on the line in order to protect people against Hamas.

 Lina Ezberga, 23, became the first woman ever in her Bedouin town to become an ambulance driver.

Israeli teacher helped Hamas aim rockets at sensitive site, arrested

The northern resident also worked to recruit other Israeli Arabs to help in promoting terrorist activity within Israel.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in an anti-Israel rally in Gaza City May 22, 2021

Homicides in Israeli Arab societies rising at unprecedented rate - study

The study stated that within Israeli Arab society, there were 233 in the last year, which is more than double in 2022 - which was 109.

 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