Arab journalist says he’s getting death threats from organized crime groups

Hassan Shaalan, a journalist with the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper, says he and his family are receiving death threats from organized crime groups.

In an article published today in the paper, Shaalan says he was threatened after refusing to publish certain details they were demanding.

Shaalan does not name those threatening him but says they are the same people involved in protection rackets.

“You won’t stay alive very long, your place is in the grave, you are our target,” the threats say.

The article comes as the Arab communities face a wave of killings, much of it linked to organized crime.

Shaalan has faced threats and violence before. In 2021 shots were fired at his home. Several weeks later, after moving, an explosive device went off at his new house.

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Shaalan says this time he did not even bother reporting the threats to the police as he has lost all faith in them.