Tag: Arab Israelis
Arab plot to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir with an RPG thwarted
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) thwarted a plot to kill National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir using a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) or other means, the agency said on Thursday.
Seven Arab Israelis and four Arabs...
Two MKs sanctioned for false claims about Oct. 7 massacre, war
Two Arab lawmakers were suspended from the Knesset on Wednesday for false claims about the Oct. 7 massacre and ensuing war against Hamas.
The Knesset Ethics Committee voted to sanction Ra’am Party MK Iman Khatib-Yasin...
Shin Bet chief cautions against agency fighting Arab crime
Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) Director Ronen Bar does not want the anti-terror agency involved in tackling the rampant violent crime in the Arab sector.
He told members of Israel's Cabinet about his concerns at Wednesday's meeting of...
Arabs in Sharaka delegation to Israel describe eye-opening education about the Holocaust
A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited Israel from Feb. 26 to March 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance.
The visit, during...
IDF’s ‘Operation Breakwater’ curbing Palestinian terrorist activity in Judea and Samaria
Since being launched by the Israel Defense Forces in March this year, “Operation Breakwater,” aimed at stopping a wave of deadly Palestinian terror attacks against Israelis, has significantly dented the motivation and intent of...
Rescuing the coalition at Israel’s literal and figurative expense
When Israeli lawmaker Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi reversed her decision to quit the government, a sigh of relief was heard in the halls of half of the 120-seat Knesset. Had the Knesset member from the left-wing Meretz Party upheld...
Losing the Galilee: Why are Jews a declining minority in this key area?
The Jewish presence in the Galilee is shrinking—in part, critics say, because of government policies that effectively discriminate against Jews in favor of Arabs, who constitute the vast majority of the area’s inhabitants. The...
Israel’s top cop condemns call by Joint List chief for Arab Israelis to quit...
Israel Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai on Tuesday condemned Joint List chief Ayman Odeh’s call the previous day for Arab Israelis to quit the country’s security forces.
Speaking during a ceremony for outstanding units in the Israel Police...
Amnesty International should be ashamed
According to a recent Amnesty International report, Israel is apparently “committing the crime of apartheid.”
The use of the false term “apartheid” has prompted denunciations far and wide from such figures as U.S. Ambassador to...
Experts debate steps Israel must take to prevent future Arab violence, integration into state
At the end of the Muslim month of Ramadan last May, which coincided with Israel’s Jerusalem Day celebrating Israel’s victory in the Six-Day War in June 1967, intense Arab violence erupted in Jerusalem. This...