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Tuesday, February 10, 2026
4 arrested during Haifa protest against soaring violent crime in Arab community
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePolice arrest four protesters in Haifa during a demonstration demanding law enforcement take action against violent crime in Arab locales.
In footage of one of the arrests, a pair of police officers are seen holding a man to the ground, one with a knee on the man’s neck.
Mounted officers are also at the scene, alongside a handful of undercover police.
Police say they arrested the demonstrators after they “continued with an illegal procession against the conditions” on which the protest was approved. Some of them attempted to block traffic, police add.
The demonstration, organized by the Jewish-Arab movement Standing Together, saw about 200 people turn out in Haifa’s German Colony.
It caps off today’s string of protests over the spiraling murder rate in Arab society, which activists claim is fueled by police neglect.
A man was shot to death this evening in Kafr Kanna, an Arab town in the Galilee, marking the 40th homicide since the start of the year.
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