Crime Wave

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.

|ByHODAYA RAN, JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli Border Police force members patrol near the entrances to the Arab-Jewish town of Lod, Israel May 13, 2021.
POLICE AT the crime scene where a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed in Lod, earlier this month. The victims of this failure have names and faces, and their numbers are only increasing, the writers assert.

Multiple shootings in Israeli-Arab sector across the country, leaving two dead, five wounded

Including the most recent deaths, about 50 Arabs have been killed in violent, crime-related incidents this year, up from 27 last year.

|ByYUVAL BARNEA
Demonstrator holding a sign reading "the minister for nationalist incitement is responsible for the situation!" at a protest against the violence in the Israeli Arab Community and the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv. August 26, 2023.

Arab municipal leaders demand stronger government response to rising crime

Arab municipal leaders criticize Israel's handling of rising crime, calling for stronger government action and Shin Bet involvement to combat violence.

|ByEVE YOUNG
Police at scene of stabbing attack in Florentine, Tel Aviv, January 18, 2025.

Israel Police launches crackdown on Arab sector criminal activity

Violent crime in the Arab sector has been a major national concern for years.

|ByEVE YOUNG

Israel holding some 6,000 Palestinian prisoners, 'unlawful combatants'

In September, Israel broke a 30-year record for administrative detention of Palestinians, hitting 1,264, Hamoked announced. 

NOVEMBER 2, 2023ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
IDF with Palestinian demonstrators during a rally in solidarity with six Palestinian prisoners who managed to esacpe from an Israeli prison a few days ago, in Hebron, September 9, 2021.

Ben-Gvir's chief of staff seen selling Lulavs, offering gun to bystander

He can also be seen at one point offering his personal firearm to a customer, which is strictly illegal in Israel.

OCTOBER 2, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hanamel Dorfman, seen to the left of Otzma Yehudit head Itamar Ben-Gvir in a photo taken in Tel Aviv on November 7, 2022