Tag: Arab Israelis
Victim of Lod lynch mob dies of wounds
Fifty-six-year-old Lod resident Yigal Yehoshua died on Monday, less than a week after being critically wounded by a mob of Arab rioters in the central Israeli city.
Yehoshua was struck in the head by a brick while...
Facing the real cause of the long Arab war
The time has come for Israel to stop giving a pass to Arab Jew-hatred.
In his book From Ambivalence to Betrayal: The Left, the Jews, and Israel, the late historian Robert Wistrich documented how before, during...
Arab Israelis in Lod riot, set fire to synagogue
Arab Israelis took to the streets of Lod and neighboring Ramla in the center of the country on Monday night, hurling rocks and firebombs and setting fires to trash cans, tires, a synagogue and...
The Arab-Israeli woman bringing diversity to Hebrew University
Days after the news of Mona Khoury-Kassabri’s appointment as Vice President of Hebrew University of Jerusalem, the good wishes are still pouring in.
“The amount of greetings and congratulations I have received in the last...
In first, Israel’s Arab sector holds Memorial Day service
In a historic first, a Memorial Day ceremony was held on Tuesday to commemorate fallen Arab soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces.
The event, which took place in the Arara village in the Negev Desert,...
Israel approves $45 million program to fight crime in Arab communities
Israel’s Cabinet on Monday approved the allocation of 150 million shekels ($45 million) to combat crime in the country’s Arab sector, according to a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office.
The money will go towards...
Israel’s Arab parties launch election campaigns; vow not to ‘sell out’ to Netanyahu
Israel’s Arab parties, Balad, Ra’am, Ta’al and Hadash, which together form the Joint Arab List, launched their campaigns this week, ahead of the March 23 Knesset elections.
The faction’s central committee affirmed Hadash leader Knesset...
One millionth Israeli receives COVID-19 vaccine
Israel vaccinated its millionth citizen against COVID-19 on Friday, just three days after announcing the 500,000th Israeli had received the first dose of the vaccine.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein were on...
Violence in Israel’s Arab sector claims 111 lives since early 2020
The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel this weekend called an emergency meeting over the spike in violence in the sector with 111 murders having taken place since early 2020.
Since the beginning of the...
Netanyahu calls for Jewish-Arab unity at Knesset meeting on violence in Arab society
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a message of Jewish-Arab unity while warning against complacency with regard to the dangers of COVID-19.
During a meeting of the Knesset Committee on Combating Violence in...