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Labeling Arab crime as terrorism will not make Israel safer - opinion

It represents a grave and dangerous error that risks further eroding trust between Arab citizens and the state, while doing little to actually curb crime.

 Arab Israelis stage a mock funeral in Tel Aviv on August 6 to demonstrate against what they say is the government’s failure to address soaring levels of organized crime.
The scene where a student was stabbed at a school in Kafr Kara, in northern Israel, October 27, 2025

Arab Israeli student stabbed to death at school as sector violence claims 211 victims this year

 A Magen David Adom ambulance drives through the streets of Israel.

Soroka Medical Center doctor passes away after being shot over family land dispute

CHILDREN USE splashing paint to create art in July at the soccer field in Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, where a Hezbollah rocket killed 12 Druze children and wounded 42.

Invisible war wounds: Taub Center says vital to strengthen support for Jewish, Arab youngsters


Ex-Israel U21 soccer captain Ataa Jaber backs Thunberg's Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza

Israeli-born soccer player Ataa Jaber, now with the Palestinian national team, posted backing for the Global Sumud Flotilla, including activists such as Greta Thunberg, currently en route to Gaza.

Ataa Jaber representing the Palestinian national soccer team.

Three killed in separate criminal shootings across country, Israel Police says

A spike in violence left three people dead in separate incidents across Israel. Authorities are investigating links to organized crime and family disputes.

Police car at night

'Time to intensify efforts': Hadash Party backs mass protest against Gaza starvation in Tel Aviv

Thousands of peace activists will stand together, participating in an anti-war, anti-hunger protest in Tel Aviv backed by the Hadash Arab party.

Arabs and Israelis protest against the current war in Gaza, in Tel Aviv, April 24, 2025

Police thwart truck drivers allegedly smuggling illicit goods into Gaza under guise of aid

The goods found inside the trucks, which included large quantities of tobacco and cigarettes, were concealed under the guise of humanitarian supplies intended for Gaza.

Items that two truck drivers were arrested for attempting to smuggle in the Gaza Strip under guise of humanitarian aid, August 18, 2025.

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.

 Israeli Border Police force members patrol near the entrances to the Arab-Jewish town of Lod, Israel May 13, 2021.

Avi Shaked: The art of the deal, from Arafat to Trump

Avi Shaked sits down with The Jerusalem Post Producer, Yuval Barnea.

JPost sits down with... Avi Shaked

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.

MK Bezalel Smotrich published a cropped photo afterward.

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Israelis protest in support of Israeli Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, and to demand the end of the war in Gaza and release of all hostages, outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office in Jerusalem August 4, 2025.

Harmony SOS shelter locator app: A lifeline for Arab communities in crisis

Harmony SOS was born as missiles soared above Israeli skies. In response, three young Arab citizens created a mobile App.

Harmony SOS employees

Israeli Muslim Dia Saba faces backlash over Turkish move

“The people of Diyarbakir won’t let him come here. Shame on you, Amedspor!” Toprak wrote online. Turkish journalist Ramazan Casuk echoed the sentiment.

 ISRAEL MIDFIELDER Dia Saba – seen here practicing with the national team – is encountering social resistance in Turkey ahead of his expected move to Amedspor.

Three Arab-Israelis killed within hours of each other in crime-related incidents

This raises the death toll for Arab-Israelis to 146 since the start of the calendar year; 11 of the deaths were women. 

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