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Almog Cohen, of the Otzma Yehudit party, disrupts an event about settler violence, in the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 2, 2026, 7:48 pm
Coalition MKs disrupt Knesset event on violence against Palestinians, threaten attendees
Lawmakers steal food, assail slain hostage’s daughter-in-law, amid discussion of unchecked settler attacks; MK tells ‘terrorist’ colleagues they’ll be expelled from country
By Ariela Karmel and ToI Staff
A child stands in front of a large banner that reads, ‘Together we will overcome violence, crime and extortion. Sakhnin answers the call,’ during a protest against the violent crime wave sweeping Arab society in Sakhnin, northern Israel on January 22, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
January 23, 2026, 3:42 am
Arab protesters hold massive march in north to demand police rein in violent crime
Organizers claim 100k marched in northern city of Sakhnin as Arab society goes on strike, shuttering shops and schools nationwide; protesters halted by large police presence at city’s edge
By Charlie Summers
Joint Arab List MK Aida Touma-Sliman in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 18, 2025, 10:03 am
As Arab-led bloc mulls reunion, Hadash MK Touma-Sliman sees chance for ‘real change’
Buoyed by public turning against war and global support for Palestinians, lawmaker hopeful that with enough support, Arab MKs can force Israel to look beyond recovering hostages and replacing Netanyahu
By Ariela Karmel
International Red Cross (ICRC) vehicles drive in Deir el-Balah as they transport US-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander on May 12, 2025, after he was handed over by Hamas. (Eyad Baba / AFP)
September 17, 2025, 1:47 pm
Red Cross visits to Palestinian inmates a ‘security threat,’ prison officials claim
Otzma Yehudit MK calls aid group an ‘antisemitic organization,’ alleges double standard in treatment for security prisoners versus hostages held in Gaza
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: Protest organized by the Peace Partnership calling for an end to the Gaza war in the Arab town of Tira, Israel, March 9, 2024. (Peace Partnership/Courtesy)
March 23, 2024, 11:58 am
New Arab-Jewish movement stages countrywide events demanding ceasefire
After months of silence, some Arab Israelis join with left-wing Jewish activists to call for an end to the war. Others say the ‘day after’ is already here – and they don’t like it
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Lawmakers vote to expel MK Ofer Cassif from the Knesset during a meeting of the Knesset House Committee on January 30, 2024. (Noam Moskowitz/Knesset Spokesperson)
January 30, 2024, 7:32 pm
Panel votes 14-2 to expel MK Cassif for Gaza genocide claims; now Knesset will vote
House Committee vote a ‘black day for Knesset,’ says Hadash-Ta’al chairman Tibi; ‘This is not freedom of speech, it is the freedom to betray your country,’ argues Likud’s Ofir Katz
By Sam Sokol
Ra’am MK Iman Khatib-Yasin, in an interview with the Knesset Channel, November 5, 2023. (screenshot)
November 15, 2023, 2:29 pm
Knesset sanctions 2 Arab MKs for ‘denying’ Oct. 7 atrocities, alleging IDF war crimes
Lawmakers get temporary bans, pay withheld; Ra’am’s Khatib-Yassin has apologized after saying ‘they didn’t slaughter babies and they didn’t rape women’; no apology from Touma-Sliman
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
The scene of a fatal shooting in the Arab-majority town of Fureidis, near Haifa, July 13, 2023. (Israel police)
July 14, 2023, 2:46 am
Man shot dead near Haifa, marking 6th killing in Arab community in under 2 days
Victim identified as Alaa Meri, 25, an aide to the head of the Fureidis local council; killing brings death toll from crime wave to over 120; police launch investigation
By ToI Staff
Illustrative. An ambulance belonging to the Magen David Adom ambulance service. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 2:57 pm
Man shot dead in Tira in the 5th killing in the Arab community in just over a day
Samar Nasser, 25, was reportedly not the intended target of the hit; MK Touma-Sliman: Far-right police minister Ben Gvir ‘doesn’t know how to do his job and has bad intentions’
By ToI Staff
President Isaac Herzog speaks at his official residence in Jerusalem, May 8, 2023. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
May 8, 2023, 2:23 pm
After young mom shot dead, Herzog decries sharp spike in homicides as ‘civil terror’
‘Real national calamity,’ president says after Hanan Abu Hait shot dead in suspected criminal feud; Knesset National Security Committee won’t meet, as part of Otzma Yehudit boycott
By ToI Staff
Mourners attend the funeral for Diar Umari, 19, on May 7, 2023. Umari, from the northern Arab village of Sandala, was shot dead in a road clash a day prior. (Twitter/Kan, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 7, 2023, 2:13 pm
At funeral, thousands hail Arab teen shot dead in road clash as a ‘martyr’
Suspect Dennis Mokin, 32, appears in court as relatives of Diar Umari shout ‘murderer’; victim’s father and Arab MKs blame Minister Ben Gvir for encouraging civilians to carry guns
By ToI Staff
Israeli police patrol in Jerusalem's Old City after a shooting incident early on April 1, 2023. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
April 1, 2023, 2:41 pm
Ex-police officials: ‘Hard to believe’ disputed deadly Jerusalem shooting not on CCTV
Former J’lem police chief says he oversaw cameras where Mohammed Elasibi shot; cops testify: ‘Our lives were in real danger’; Ra’am’s Abbas: ‘I don’t believe there’s no footage’
By ToI Staff
Hadash MK Ofer Cassif at a Knesset Arrangements Committee meeting on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 31, 2022, 6:54 pm
Far-left MK: Kiryat Arba shooter not a terrorist, settlers aren’t innocent civilians
Ofer Cassif, the only Jewish MK in Hadash-Ta’al, says that while he supports a nonviolent struggle, he does not ‘expect the occupied and repressed to just sit and do nothing’
By ToI Staff
Joint Arab List MK Aida Touma-Sliman in the Knesset in Jerusalem on June 8, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 25, 2022, 6:43 pm
Arab MK slammed for praising slain Lion’s Den terrorists as ‘martyrs’
After Aida Touma-Sliman lauds ‘resistance,’ Gantz says her position shows Hadash-Ta’al not a partner; opposition MKs accuse Lapid of hoping to form coalition with terror backers
By ToI Staff
An electoral banner is seen in the village of Hura in the southern Negev desert on October 7, 2022 (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
October 25, 2022, 9:41 am
‘Vote or don’t vote, it’s the same’: Arab Israelis despondent ahead of 5th elections
Campaign is somewhat lackluster nationwide, but apathy is especially acute among Arab minority where turnout is feared to be low
By Rosie SCAMMELL and Majeda El Batsh
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