Arab Israelis

President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal meet with Arab women who have lost loved ones to violent crime, the President's Residence in Jerusalem, June 25, 2023 (Haim Zach/GPO)

An Arab teacher in a Jewish school. (Courtesy: Merchavim Institute)

Inside storyJewish schools need staff, Arab teachers need jobs – but it’s not so simple

June 26, 2023, 3:17 am

‘A terrible war’: Herzog meets with Arab women who lost loved ones to violent crime

A mother whose daughter was gunned down before her eyes, a woman who has had seven relatives slain are among participants at emotional meeting

By ToI Staff

The Arab town of Nahf in northern Israel, between the Lower and Upper Galilee, on January 11, 2014. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)

June 25, 2023, 1:41 pm

Two men shot dead in Arab town Nahf amid feud between criminals

Fatalities, 71 and 61, arrive at local clinic in critical condition after being shot while sitting in a car

By ToI Staff

June 24, 2023, 12:17 pm

Jewish schools need staff, Arab teachers need jobs – but it’s not so simple

Only 1,200 Arab educators are employed in Jewish public schools, where there are numerous vacancies. But to succeed in Jewish schools, they need a lot more than good Hebrew

By Gianluca Pacchiani

National soccer player Mohammad Abu Fani (left) meets with President Isaac Herzog (center) and First Lady Michal Herzog, in Jerusalem, June 20, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

June 21, 2023, 11:09 pm

‘Shame on them’: Arab soccer player denounces racist fans who called him a terrorist

Midfielder on national team says culprits should be jailed, thanks president for calling him after incident at Euro qualifier in Jerusalem

By Michael Horovitz

Arab women sit on a bench in central Jerusalem, on January 04, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

June 20, 2023, 4:01 pm

Arab Israelis have less income, die younger than Jewish peers, data shows

Central Bureau of Statistics assessment shows barely half of Arab households can cover monthly expenses, employment rates lower than for Jewish counterparts

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, attends a Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset, on June 13, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

June 19, 2023, 5:20 pm

Report: Netanyahu says IDF training for possible fight with Arab Israelis in wartime

Prime minister said to tell lawmakers on Knesset committee that 10 divisions of soldiers are being prepared to counter threat of fifth column; IDF declines to comment

By ToI Staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich (right) of the Religious Zionism party talks to National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of Otzma Yehudit in the Knesset plenum on December 28, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)

June 18, 2023, 8:12 pm

Committee on Arab affairs to include 18 ministers and only one Arab official

Itamar Ben Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich are among the far-right members of the committee, which will devise policy on combating soaring wave of deadly crime in Arab community

By ToI Staff

Police at the scene where a woman was shot and killed while sitting in her car in Haifa, May 8, 2023. (Flash90)

June 8, 2023, 6:00 am

As Arab homicide rate soars, government apathy comes into focus

A failure to prioritize the fight against organized crime, infighting between Arab criminal gangs, and deep-seated societal problems are all part of the problem, say MKs, experts

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: Firemen and police officers at the scene where a car exploded in Rishon Lezion on July 3, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

June 8, 2023, 1:04 am

Man shot dead in Nazareth as Arab community crime killings continue

Victim in his 30s identified as Ayman Zoabi from the village Sulam, as this year’s death toll for the minority population climbs to 91

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Police in Tel Aviv, on May 1, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

June 4, 2023, 4:37 am

Man killed, teenager injured in Ramle shooting as deadly crime wave continues

47-year-old shot to death and youth moderately injured in central city, bringing toll in Arab community to 88 since start of the year; 24 arrested for alleged involvement in kiling

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Police units in the Bedouin city of Rahat after a shooting incident, April 8, 2021. (Israel Police)

May 30, 2023, 10:00 pm

4 men to be charged in kidnapping, attempted murder of their relative, a teen girl

Police believe victim fled hometown after another relative raped her two weeks earlier

By ToI Staff

Police work at the scene where a man was shot dead in Umm al-Fahm on May 30, 2023. (Israel Police)

May 30, 2023, 6:15 pm

Man shot dead in northern Arab town of Umm al-Fahm

Medics declare resident in his 50s dead at the scene; woman also lightly injured

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu adresses the Knesset during a debate about the soaring homicide rate on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 30, 2023, 5:39 pm

Netanyahu asks Arab MKs to work with him on community violence, bypassing Ben Gvir

At Knesset debate on sharply higher homicide rate, PM invites Arab lawmakers to meet directly with him; far-right police minister doesn’t attend session

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

May 23, 2023, 8:30 am

Man in his sixties shot dead in Ramle

Deceased gunned down on city’s Hadar Street; shooter flees; 81 members of Arab community killed in 2023

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: Police at the scene of a suspected homicide in Ashdod, February 21, 2023. (Flash90)

May 19, 2023, 2:36 am

Man shot dead in northern town, in Arab community’s 80th fatality this year

28-year-old killed, 1 other badly injured in Kfar Yassif; separate shooting wounds man in his 20s in Lod

By ToI Staff