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MK Yoav Segalovitz attends a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset on October 20, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 16, 2026, 1:49 pm
How an obscure centrist politician could be key to defeating Netanyahu in October
Yoav Segalovitz’s speculated move from Yesh Atid to Ra’am could give the Arab party a new image — and the opposition the seats it needs to form a government
By Tomer Almagor
Illustrative: Police at the scene of a shooting in the northern Arab town of Shfaram on June 28, 2023. (FLASH90)
August 12, 2026, 10:08 am
Man shot dead in northern Arab city near Haifa
Reports say man of about 60 shot at point-blank range inside his car in Shfaram; police said to probe connection to longstanding blood feud between families in the area
By ToI Staff
A neighborhood in the West Bank city of Qalqilya, July 5, 2017. (AP Photo/ Nasser Nasser/ File)
August 3, 2026, 9:50 pm
Israeli girl, 8, reunited with family after car stolen with her inside in West Bank
Arab Israeli mother was shopping in Nabi Ilyas when thieves drove away with her car; her daughter was found 20 minutes later after IDF troops scrambled
By ToI Staff
An Israeli sign is displayed on a road at the entry of the West Bank town of Jericho, on February 22, 2014, warning Israeli citizens they are entering a Palestinian area 'dangerous to their lives.' (AFP/Thomas Coex/File)
July 29, 2026, 8:53 am
Dismissing warnings, Israelis increasingly venturing into forbidden West Bank cities
Cheaper prices and perceived sense of security seen driving uptick in Jewish civilians entering Area A, in trips that often end with IDF extracting them from PA custody
By Stav Levaton
Mais Al-Gharam, second from right, poses for a photo with her six siblings from Gaza, who were granted Israeli passports, in her home in Nazareth, July 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
July 22, 2026, 2:15 pm
A family split between Israel and Gaza reunites in Nazareth after years of war
After years-long effort, Mais al-Gharam’s siblings join her in northern Israeli city, but nothing can bring back their parents and brother, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike in Nuseirat
By AP
A guard grasps the hands of a cuffed prisoner through a door slot at the Givon Prison in Ramle on January 11, 2026. (Oren Cohen/Flash90)
July 19, 2026, 11:16 am
With Ben Gvir’s backing, prison guards quietly branding domestic criminals as terrorists
Public defenders alarmed over uptick in Arab inmates being moved to squalid security wings where they serve alongside terror prisoners, based on questionable misconduct allegations
By Charlie Summers
Police officers outside the scene of the murder of a 19-year-old man in the Nachlaot neighborhood of Jerusalem, July 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 16, 2026, 12:01 pm
Government okays Shin Bet to fight crime in Arab society, sparking rights concerns
Some half a billion shekels to be diverted from community development plan and given to security agency, police to take on organized crime; rights groups pan move as discriminatory
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car is seen in Jaffa on November 8, 2025. (Israel Police)
July 10, 2026, 2:43 pm
4 Arab Israelis arrested, indicted over plot for mass terror attack at Beersheba bus station
Suspects said to have decided to use guns because knives would be insufficient; also planned shooting attack at Segev Shalom police station; group leader published pro-terror content
An illustrative file photo of an ambulance on August 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 3:57 pm
Man killed, another seriously wounded in shooting in northern Arab town of Tamra
Police searching for suspects; homicide brings Arab Israeli community toll to 153 this year as deadly wave of violence continues unabated
By Noam Lehmann
Israel Police Commissioner Daniel Levy (L) and Shin Bet chief David Zini at the state memorial ceremony marking 30 years since the assassination of late prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, held at Mount Herzl cemetery, in Jerusalem, on November 3, 2025. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
July 4, 2026, 6:20 pm
Shin Bet building program to help police tackle rampant Arab crime wave — reports
Project to receive NIS 1-1.3 billion in funding; as murder rates rise, new agency chief Zini reportedly more open to using Shin Bet to fight crime than his predecessor
By ToI Staff
Security forces work at the scene of a terrorist shooting attack at the entrance to Tzur Yitzhak, in central Israel, on June 7, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
July 2, 2026, 10:50 am
Three Arab Israelis to be charged for assisting June terror attack in central Israel
Indictments set to be filed against man from Baqa al-Gharbiya who supplied gun used to kill reservist, and 2 Taibeh men who knew about attack plans and did not intervene
By ToI Staff
First responders at the scene of a shooting in Haifa early in the morning of July 2, 2026. (MDA)
July 2, 2026, 10:05 am
Two more slain in Arab community, raising this week’s toll to nine
18-year-old gunned down in Haifa, two seriously hurt; hours later, 30-year-old shot dead in Reineh; watchdog figures show 149 homicides in Arab community since start of year
By ToI Staff
Leaders of the Arab community, including members of the Knesset, protest against violence in their community outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, on February 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 6:18 pm
Police have solved just 12% of homicides in Arab communities this year, watchdog finds
Nearly 150 Arab citizens killed over six months, Abraham Initiatives group says, as community reels from skyrocketing homicides; bulk of murders concentrated in northern Israel
By Charlie Summers
Police at the scene of an attempted stabbing attack in Lod, central Israel, July 1, 2026. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
July 1, 2026, 1:29 pm
Police shoot, kill knife-wielding man in Lod after he charges at officer
Patrol spots local carrying blade who tries to stab officer when they attempt to intervene, police say; cousin claims slain man was mentally ill, was holding scissors
By Charlie Summers
The scene of a car blast that left a man dead in the Haifa neighborhood of Kiryat Haim, June 30, 2026. (Magen David Adom)
June 30, 2026, 6:54 pm
Crime figure killed in Haifa car blast, Arab community’s 7th fatality in 3 days
Rabee Abu Haikal, a suspect in a 2023 double murder, targeted in city’s Kiryat Haim neighborhood as violence crisis persists
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
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