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Settlers assault Peace Now director Lior Amichai at the West Bank's Ein Samiya spring on May 14, 2026. (Screenshot/ Peace NowX : used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 25, 2026, 11:57 am
Left-wing activist, whom settlers shoved on camera, to be questioned under caution
Peace Now says its CEO Lior Amichai now a suspect, while settlers are not; clash took place after tour of West Bank Bedouin hamlet whose residents fled following settler attacks
By ToI Staff and Nurit Yohanan
Mourners gather next to the grave of Ahmad al-Naami, a 50-year-old man killed by Border Police gunfire, during his funeral on May 10, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 19, 2026, 10:30 pm
Mourning IDF veteran slain by police, alienated Bedouin say community souring on state
A once positive relationship between community and cops has been replaced by deep distrust of Border Police, with younger Bedouin showing signs of deepening estrangement from Jewish state amid claims of worsening discrimination
By Charlie Summers
Ahmad Said al-Na'ami, a 50-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Border Police officer in the southern city of Rahat, on May 9, 2026. (Facebook)
May 10, 2026, 3:09 am
Border Police fatally shoot unarmed Bedouin man in Rahat, say it was in self-defense
Police claim reservist officers feared for their lives because the man, an IDF veteran, ‘forcefully’ resisted arrest; suspected officer barred from police facilities for two weeks
By Charlie Summers
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
National Guard fighters and other Border Police forces stand at the entrance to the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, which has been closed off with cinderblocks, on December 31, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
April 28, 2026, 11:09 pm
Crime rampant in the Negev, police understaffed, governance broken down — comptroller
Englman also finds protection rackets rampant, lawlessness on the roads; tells Netanyahu he needs to step in; Ben Gvir, the police minister, calls report ‘twisted’
By Charlie Summers and Sam Sokol
Damage after a missile fired toward Israel overnight struck Zarzir, in northern Israel, March 13, 2026. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)
March 16, 2026, 2:42 pm
Daily Briefing Mar. 16: MKs on both sides contest cuts for northern recovery to bolster defense
Political reporter Ariela Karmel reports on the contentious debate over long-planned spending for the north and the severe lack of shelters for Bedouin in the south
By Jessica Steinberg and Ariela Karmel
Extremist settlers threaten Palestinian Bedouin and Israeli human rights activists in Bedouin hamlets in the Mukhmas area in the West Bank, March 8, 2026. (Courtesy Torat Tzedek)
March 8, 2026, 9:25 pm
Wave of settler attacks against Palestinian herders reported in central West Bank
Bedouin residents and human rights accuse extremists of arson and pepper spray attacks in Mukhmas area, goat killings in Jabba and harassment in Rammun
By Jeremy Sharon
Settlers torch homes and cars during an assault on the Bedouin encampment of Khallet al-Sidra, near Mukhmas in the West Bank, January 17, 2026. (Screenshot)
January 18, 2026, 10:55 am
Settlers beat Palestinians and activists, set fire to homes in West Bank Bedouin camp
2 Palestinians, 2 foreign activists hospitalized after attack on Khallet al-Sidra, says PA; CCTV footage appears to feature sounds of gunfire
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
A man is arrested for allegedly impersonating an IDF soldier while robbing a jewelry store in the West Bank town of Dahariya, January 13, 2026. (Police Spokesperson's Unit)
January 13, 2026, 5:16 pm
4 suspects who impersonated IDF troops in West Bank heist nabbed by Israel Police, PA
Authorities say 2 Israeli Bedouins and 2 Palestinians drove into Dahariya with vehicle flashing emergency lights, robbed a jewelry store and fled
By Stav Levaton
A Border Police officer patrols near a mosque in the southern Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana on December 31, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
January 8, 2026, 7:22 pm
As police besiege Bedouin town, Arabs say they — not criminals — are in the crosshairs
With killings rampant in the north, Ben Gvir sends heavily armed cops south to Tarabin, where they have used West Bank-style tactics to deadly effect, sparking anger and deepening mistrust
By Charlie Summers
Hadash-Ta'al party chairman Ayman Odeh attends a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 5, 2026, 7:42 pm
MK Odeh demands probe into deadly police shooting of Bedouin man, as funeral held
Hadash-Ta’al chairman blasts ‘fascist minister’ Ben Gvir, calls on police to release body cam footage from incident after attending slain man’s burial in embattled Negev village
By Charlie Summers and Ariela Karmel
Muhammad Hussein Tarabin, 36, who was killed by police during a raid on the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana overnight on January 4, 2026. (Courtesy/Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages of the Negev)
January 4, 2026, 12:28 pm
Man shot dead by police during raid in Bedouin town; officer under house arrest
Family says man was killed on doorstep during overnight operation by masked officers in army garb, denies police claim that he posed a threat; Ben Gvir praises forces responsible
By Charlie Summers
View of Gilboa Prison, near the Jordan Valley, December 5, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 1, 2026, 9:27 pm
Arab Israeli security inmate found dead, prison service declines to disclose cause
Arabic outlets identify inmate as Hassan Issa Alkshalaa from southern Bedouin city of Rahat, who had been jailed for 13 months, supposedly for online incitement
By Charlie Summers
Police and Border Police officers operating in the Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana, as part of a days-long crackdown in the southern village on December 30, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 30, 2025, 10:50 pm
Ben Gvir gives pep talk to cops in Tarabin al-Sana as raid on Bedouin town persists
National Guard force assumes responsibility for ongoing operation as locals bemoan ‘thuggery’ by cops; police said to arrest minors for stone-throwing without informing parents
By Charlie Summers
Police raid the southern Bedouin town of Tarabin al-Sana on December 29, 2025. (Israel Police)
December 30, 2025, 12:59 am
Heavily armed police stage large-scale raid on Bedouin town after days of clashes
Residents of Tarabin report stun grenades thrown into homes, tear gas fired at mosque: ‘It feels like Tulkarem here’; police say 16 wanted suspects arrested, IDF ammunition seized
By Charlie Summers
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