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Druze, Arab enlistment shows minorities choosing Israel, rejecting apartheid narrative - editorial

In a region where minorities are often persecuted, expelled, or massacred, the fact that so many members of minority communities are choosing Israel and not its enemies is remarkable.

 Druze have been serving in the IDF since the state was born.
Children evacuated from Moshav Yevul at a hostel near the Dead Sea.

Israeli parents favor traditional names, Mohammed shows declining popularity among Arab Israelis

 Joint List party chairman Ayman Odeh visits the home of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh in Jenin, in the east Jerusalem Neighborhood of Beit Hanina, May 11, 2022

75% of Arab Israelis support Arab party joining government coalition post-war, survey reveals

Arab Israelis protest against the war in Gaza in the northern Arab city of Sakhnin, holding empty bowls and signs calling attention to the humanitarian crisis, July 25, 2025

Israel's government must explain lack of valid draft policy for Arabs, High Court demands


IDF sees sharp rise in enlistment from Druze, Bedouins, and Arab Christians

Two years of war have seen a rise in military enlistment from Israel’s minority communities.

A reported massacre of Druze civilians by Syrian army forces and allied militias in July 2025 prompted Druze from Israel to cross the border.

WATCH: Father seen cocking gun over infant’s head indicted in Arrabe weapons case

In another video published by the police, the same suspect is shown firing the weapon in an outdoor area.

Screenshot from footage showing the infant son of a suspect detained by police in northern Israel. The infant has his hand on a firearm as he lays on a bed. Published November 27, 2025.

One dead, six wounded in various crime-related shootings in Israel over the weekend

All of the incidents reportedly had criminal, rather than nationalistic or terroristic, motivations.

The scene of the crime in Jaffa, November 22, 2025.

Bar-Ilan sued for preventing female student from continuing studies after she wore niqab

The lawsuit reads, “There is no legal source that authorizes an academic institution to prevent a student from participating in studies because of her religious appearance."

Woman in niqab over backdrop of Bar Ilan University.

Israel must advance Jewish-Arab relations in Negev, rebuild Bedouin communities - opinion

The diversity of the Negev is a blessing, but only if every community is able to thrive together.

THE FUNERAL of Hamza Ziyadne takes place in Rahat last January after he was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, and his body was found by the IDF in a Gaza tunnel. Negev Bedouin have been deeply harmed by the wars with Hamas and Iran, says the writer.

Bedouin high school in the Negev opens new campus

CEO, Ariel Weisel: “The campus was born out of the belief that real change in Bedouin society must come from within, from young people with vision and the ability to create a better reality.”

Opening ceremony attended by President Isaac Herzog.

25-year-old killed in Ramle in third weekend criminal shooting

The 25-year-old from Ramle was found with penetrating wounds after an apparent conflict in the city. He was taken to Shamir Medical Center in Tzrifin, where he was pronounced dead.

 View of an Israel Police vehicle.

Ayman Odeh's Pardes Hana event disrupted by right-wing protesters

Event organizers issued a statement where they claimed that the disruption “illustrates the violent culture that has become a symbol of the fascist right in recent times.”

Hadash-Ta'al chairman MK Ayman Odeh at Pardes Hana.

Cairo revokes Egyptian citizenship of Israeli-Arab man - Egyptian reports

Under Law No. 26 of 1975, Egyptian citizens are required to receive official approval from Egypt before obtaining another citizenship.

Cairo, Egypt.

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.

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

Qasem Asala, 18, also died in criminal Arab sector violence on Monday. He was shot in a hit-and-run on his way to work in the Galilee.

The scene where a student was stabbed at a school in Kafr Kara, in northern Israel, October 27, 2025