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Farid Issa Mazlavat, 22, killed in northern Israel on June 6, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 6, 2026, 10:49 pm
Four killed in northern Israel over weekend, amid crime wave wracking Arab community
Farid Issa Mazlavat killed in the Druze town of Maghar; two brothers shot outside of Nazareth, one of whom was to get married on Saturday, prompting apparent revenge killing
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of the scene where a man was found dead in Ramle, May 31, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 31, 2026, 11:55 pm
Man found dead in Ramle, in suspected homicide
Police open investigation, suspect death linked to ongoing blood feud
By ToI Staff
Tom Cohen conducts the youth program of The Jerusalem Orchestra East & West in Tel Aviv, May 2026. (Yaakov Buta via JTA)
May 29, 2026, 11:02 am
In Jerusalem, an Arab-Jewish youth orchestra builds a new ‘East-West’ sound together
After years of war, conductor Tom Cohen says Jerusalem Orchestra East & West offers young musicians from across communities rare source of joy, discipline and hope
By Deborah Danan
Olga (left) and Ruslan (right) Prihodko, who were found shot dead in their car in Mishmar Ayalon, in the Judean foothills, on May 22, 2026. (Facebook)
May 29, 2026, 9:54 am
Arab Israeli teen arrested on terror suspicions in killing of married couple
Police rule out murder-suicide after Olga and Ruslan Prihodko found shot dead in Judean foothills; suspect’s brother carried out 2024 ramming attack
By Charlie Summers
Left: Laila Jahjah, a nine-year-old girl who was shot and killed outside her home outside her home in Arara, a northern Arab village on May 27, 2026. (Facebook) Right: police forces operate at scene of the shooting.(Screenshot/Ynet)
May 27, 2026, 4:09 pm
9-year-old girl shot dead amid family feud in Arara; police arrest father as suspect
Police accuse relatives of destroying evidence after father allegedly shot his own daughter by accident, while aiming for his brothers in argument that erupted at family gathering
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Issam Sharif, a high school counselor from Kafr Yasif who says he was unjustly arrested and beaten by police on May 15, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 24, 2026, 6:11 pm
Arab school counselor says police arrested and beat him for honking at cop car
Issam Sharif says he was violently detained, beaten in custody, released next morning with fine for texting while driving; internal affairs examining complaint
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Police investigate the scene of a shooting incident in Ramla, central Israel, May 11, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
May 18, 2026, 11:12 am
Mayor of Arab town in north shot and seriously hurt, alongside his deputy
Suheil Milhim, council head of Jadeidi-Makr, in serious condition, deputy moderately injured; local resident arrested as suspect; Herzog: ‘Serious and shocking’ event
By ToI Staff and Ariela Karmel
Police arrest one of eight individuals suspected in the fatal shooting of Wael Saeida, in the Galilee town of Umm al-Ghanem on April 14, 2026. (Israel Police)
May 15, 2026, 7:15 pm
5 suspects, including teen, indicted in deadly shooting in north caught on camera
Police say killing of Wael Saeida, 21, outside bakery, was part of attacks targeting businesses owned by relative of student involved in high school brawl
By Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 5:57 pm
Footage seems to contradict claim Arab prosecutor resisted arrest before cops beat him
Body cam footage leaked to Haaretz appears to show police officers pouncing on lawyer within seconds of entering Beersheba apartment
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 3:44 am
Police said to beat, break nose, arrest a state prosecutor, who is Arab, over noise complaint
Police say that State Attorney’s Office lawyer attacked officers, but he and coworkers reject the claim; Department of Internal Police Investigations opens probe
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Police investigate a murder in Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (Flash90)
May 3, 2026, 10:51 am
Man shot dead in Shfaram in 100th violent killing of 2026 in Arab community
Victim named as Hadi Su’ad, 28; report says his father and brother were killed in past year, in apparent gangland feud between families that has claimed the lives of 35 people
By ToI Staff
Police and medics at the scene of a double homicide near Ramle, May 2, 2026. (Israel Police)
May 2, 2026, 10:15 am
Two men shot dead in apparent underworld hit in central Israel
Police believe killings are part of a feud between Arab crime families in the cities of Ramle and Lod; in separate incident, man shot dead in Rahat
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of Israeli high school students taking an exam, in Tel Aviv on June 29, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 1, 2026, 12:33 am
Only 22% of Israeli 9th graders met English requirements in latest tests, sparking alarm
Only 9% of 9th-graders at Arabic-speaking schools met English standards, compared to 27% in Hebrew-speaking system; English taught less overall, with schools facing teacher shortage
By ToI Staff
A mural in memory of Yemanu Binyamin Zalka is seen in Ashdod, reading "Justice has no color," on April 28, 2026. (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
April 30, 2026, 4:10 pm
Sudden focus on teen violence underscores neglect of record bloodletting in Arab society
As government jumps into action following pair of deadly stabbings in Jewish cities, Arabs ask what it will take for leaders to finally deal with crime wave plaguing their communities for years
By Charlie Summers
An aerial view of the Kaye Academic College of Education in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, January 7, 2026. (Danny Maron/Flash90)
April 27, 2026, 1:57 pm
Beersheba college ordered to compensate educator fired over Oct. 7 social media posts
Kaye College to appeal decision after court finds that it didn’t respect Dr. Warda Sada’s academic freedoms, failed to pursue less drastic measures before firing her
By ToI Staff
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