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Hanan Abu Shehadeh, an Arab resident of Jaffa, recounts being attacked by three Jewish assailants on December 13, 2025, in an interview with the Arab48 news outlet on December 15, 2025. (Arab48/ Screenshot)
December 16, 2025, 1:13 am
Police arrest 3 suspects for attacking pregnant Arab woman in Jaffa over the weekend
Shin Bet said to be assisting in probe; rebuffing police, court frees all 15 demonstrators detained after march decrying attack, as Jaffa’s Arab community goes on strike
By Charlie Summers
Bus security camera footage of three teenagers attacking an Arab driver in Jerusalem overnight on July 15, 2025. (Courtesy/Bus Drivers Association)
July 22, 2025, 4:43 am
Arab bus driver assaulted in Jerusalem says ‘would have died’ if not for fleeing
Jewish passenger who was filmed brutally attacking Ahmad Shehadeh released to house arrest, with prosecutors planning to file charges this week
By Charlie Summers
Jerusalem bus driver Ahmad Shehadeh, pictured in the hospital after he was attacked and robbed by three teenagers early in the morning on July 15, 2025. (Courtesy/Bus Driver's Association)
July 15, 2025, 9:44 pm
Arab bus driver injured in assault by group of young men in Jerusalem; 1 arrested
Assailants choke, punch and kick driver Ahmad Shehadeh during overnight bus ride, breaking his nose; MK Tibi calls attackers ‘young Jewish Kahanists’ with ‘effective immunity’
By Charlie Summers
Raja Khatib mourns over a casket during the funeral of four members of his family killed in an Iranian missile attack which destroyed their home in the northern Arab-Israeli city of Tamra, June 17, 2025. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
June 17, 2025, 11:42 pm
‘What are these wars for?’: Arab Israeli city of Tamra shattered by Iran strike
Hundreds line the streets as Raja Khatib lays to rest his wife, two daughters and sister-in-law killed by a ballistic missile
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Jewish men celebrating Jerusalem Day clash with police at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City, May 26, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
June 9, 2025, 6:47 pm
Two teens charged with racist assault of Palestinian man during Jerusalem Day march
16-year-old defendants allegedly beat Old City resident while calling him a ‘dirty Arab’, tried to set fire to the entrance of his house
By Charlie Summers
Jewish and Arab residents of Jerusalem gather near San Simon Park to mourn Fouad Alian, who was killed in the area on May 22, photo taken May 30, 2025. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 30, 2025, 9:25 pm
Jerusalem residents mourn Arab parkgoer killed in ramming, demand police action
Family of deceased say Fouad Alian was killed in nationalist murder, his ‘only crime’ was being Arab; custody of prime suspect in hit-and-run extended until Tuesday
By Charlie Summers
Illustrative: A DoubleTree by Hilton hotel in Florida. (Business Wire via AP)
January 19, 2025, 8:42 am
Florida hotel settles in case over canceling Arab American group after October 7
US Justice Department accuses DoubleTree by Hilton Hotels of discrimination, says there was no other reason to cancel Arab America Foundation conference
By Mike Schneider
Hapoel Beit She'an FC's announcement that Ghanem Mahajna was signed to the team, December 16, 2024. (Hapoel Beit She'an FC)
December 23, 2024, 2:02 am
Israeli soccer club said to drop goalie amid anger over 2017 game for Palestinian team
Ghanem Mahajna reportedly released by Hapoel Beit She’an after fans outraged to learn he played in Palestinian league following injury that forced him to leave Maccabi Netanya
By ToI Staff
US Senator John Kennedy, July 30, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
September 18, 2024, 6:50 pm
US senator accuses Muslim activist of supporting Hamas, Hezbollah
‘You support Hamas, do you not?’ Sen. John Kennedy asks Arab American Institute director Maya Berry; she responds in the negative, says question ‘puts focus on hate in our country’
By Kanishka Singh
Osama Abu Irshaid speaks at a press conference organized by the Council on American-Islamic Relations on August 12, 2024. (Screen capture/YouTube)
August 13, 2024, 6:45 am
US government sued over alleged discrimination against Palestinian Americans
Lawsuit relates to placement of one plaintiff on no-fly list and the seizure of an electronic device belonging to another complainant who organized anti-Israel protest
By Reuters
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
Taxis park during a protest against a change in meter prices in Tel Aviv, March 2, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 31, 2023, 4:09 pm
Israeli transport app pays NIS 6 million to Arab drivers who sued over discrimination
Class-action lawsuit results in settlement with Gett and end to its Mehadrin service, which offered Orthodox customers option to use only drivers who don’t work on Shabbat
By Canaan Lidor
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
A GetTaxi vehicle in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)
February 21, 2020, 10:16 pm
Lawsuit alleges Gett’s ‘Kosher’ taxi option discriminates against Arab drivers
Israeli TV airs hidden camera footage of representative for ride-hailing app saying its ‘Mehadrin’ service ‘isn’t for the religious, it’s for people who don’t want an Arab driver’
By ToI Staff
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