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Religious Zionism chairman Bezalel Smotrich (L) and Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas (R). (Sraya Diamant/David Cohen/Flash90)
May 5, 2026, 1:34 pm
Smotrich: Including Arab party in government ‘a thousand times’ worse than Oct. 7 failures
Finance minister under fire after comments, claims ‘evil liars’ in media taking them out of context; Bennett accuses Smotrich, PM of trying ‘to make people forget the atrocities’
By Michael Bachner and Sam Sokol
Beersheba Deputy Mayor Shimon Tubul appears on a Channel 14 news broadcast on January 22, 2025. (Screenshot/X)
November 19, 2025, 2:15 am
Prosecutors set to indict Beersheba’s deputy mayor for assaulting Bedouin men
City official, apparently angered by Arabic music being played loudly in car, was caught on film beating gas station workers; will have chance to defend himself before charges filed
By Charlie Summers
Damage caused to a bus by Haredi demonstrators during an anti-draft protest in Jerusalem on November 6, 2025. (Courtesy/Bus Drivers Association)
November 7, 2025, 2:05 pm
Arab bus drivers face unfettered violence in Jerusalem, with 12 attacks in a week
Driver says he was spat on, called ‘terrorist’ by Haredi protesters, as assaults on transit workers continue unabated; union official laments lack of enforcement against assailants
By Charlie Summers
The motorcycle of Fouad Alian, an East Jerusalem Palestinian, after he was killed in a suspected nationalist hit-and-run on May 22, 2025. (Magen David Adom)
May 29, 2025, 5:28 pm
Suspect in killing of Arab parkgoer to remain in custody, Jerusalem judge rules
Jewish suspect’s remand extended after he fatally rammed Fouad Alian with his car; slain man’s family calls killing a nationalist murder
By Charlie Summers
Ahmad Nijam lies on the ground after being shot in downtown Jerusalem on March 12, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
March 14, 2025, 3:26 pm
Jewish suspect freed to house arrest after shooting Arab municipal worker in Jerusalem
Witnesses say Ahmad Nijam, 41, was mobbed by young Jewish extremists chanting ‘Death to Arabs’; suspect makes uncorroborated claim Nijam shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ at Jewish revelers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli men, armed with US-made M16 automatic assault rifles, walk through the Mamilla shopping center in Jerusalem on October 25, 2023. (Yuri Cortez/AFP)
October 26, 2023, 6:26 pm
Top rabbis decry attacks on Jerusalem’s Arab municipal workers amid war tensions
Letter initiated by mayor and signed by chief rabbis says assaults contrary to Torah values, urges parents to prevent youth from committing acts of violence
By Michael Horovitz
Screen capture from video showing a group of Jewish men assaulting an Arab worker for the Jerusalem Municipality at Mahane Yehuda Market, October 20, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 22, 2023, 8:41 am
2 Jewish men arrested for assaulting Arab municipal worker in Jerusalem
Suspects believed to be part of group that attacked victim at Mahane Yehuda market
By ToI Staff
Members of a patrol squad in Ma'ale Adumim, who target Arabs wandering the settlement for questioning, and Jewish teens associating with them. (Kan news screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 5, 2023, 6:55 pm
Far-right activists in Ma’ale Adumim try to curb Palestinian presence in settlement
WhatsApp group run by Otzma Yehudit candidates in municipal elections urges boycotts of businesses catering to Arabs, harasses Arabs roaming city’s streets, report shows
By Michael Horovitz
Composite photo: Former defense minister Moshe Ya'alon (right) speaks during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul in Tel Aviv, on May 27, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attends the weekly cabinet meeting, held at the Western Wall tunnels in Jerusalem's Old City on May 21, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2023, 8:49 pm
Ben Gvir sues Ya’alon for claiming he supports chants of ‘Death to Arabs’
Defamation suit filed over ex-defense minister’s remarks on podcast last year; far-right national security minister says he no longer generalizes against Arabs
By ToI Staff
Screenshot from a video showing extremist Israeli Jewish wedding-goers celebrating the killing of the Dawabsha family. (screen capture: Channel 10)
April 27, 2022, 12:59 pm
Groom, 6 guests at infamous Jewish ‘hate wedding’ convicted of incitement to terror
‘I found the event’s provocative nature couldn’t be denied,’ judge says, of shocking footage from 2015 event that showed attendees celebrating killing of Palestinian baby
By ToI Staff
Screenshot from a video showing extremist Israeli Jewish wedding-goers celebrating the killing of the Dawabsha family. (screen capture: Channel 10)
September 1, 2021, 8:36 pm
Jerusalem court acquits 5 minors accused in infamous ‘hate wedding’
Judge alleges prosecution was swayed by media coverage to pursue charges against attendees seen in video celebrating killing of Palestinian baby
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli supporters of the two Jewish suspected in the arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, demonstrate outside of a Lod court, on June 19, 2018. (AFP/AHMAD GHARABLI)
February 19, 2021, 11:38 pm
Poll shows large swaths of Israeli youth hate Arabs, back revoking citizenship
Nearly half of religious, quarter of secular express such sentiments; feelings strongest among ultra-Orthodox; half of Arab Israeli youth hold negative stereotypes about Haredim
By ToI Staff
Israeli settlers harass an Arab Israeli family having a picnic outside the village of Jibya in the West Bank on February 6, 2020. (Screen capture/YouTube)
February 8, 2021, 1:15 am
‘You’re not Israelis, you’re Arabs’: Settlers oust family picnicking in W. Bank
Video shows Jews tell Arab Israelis they’re not allowed to be in nature spot; troops dispatched to scene agree to remove family without cause
By ToI Staff
Fans of the Beitar Jerusalem soccer team hold up a sign reading 'Beitar forever pure,' during a match on January 26, 2013. (Flash90)
September 13, 2020, 10:33 am
UAE investor said mulling stake in Israeli soccer team known for anti-Arab fans
Headway reportedly made in potential deal between unnamed entrepreneur and Beitar Jerusalem, notorious for some supporters’ anti-Muslim sentiment despite attempts to change image
By ToI Staff
Yaron London (photo credit: Moshe Shai/Flash90)
August 28, 2019, 8:32 am
Veteran Israeli TV personality apologizes for calling Arabs ‘savages’ on air
Yaron London’s comments come as Israelis debate ‘Our Boys,’ a new HBO special about the run-up to the 2014 Gaza war
By JTA
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