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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 585

Arabs

Palestinian soccer fans wave Qatari and Palestinian flags as they watch a live broadcast of the 2022 World Cup opening match between Qatar and Ecuador, at a covered gymnasium in Gaza City, on Nov. 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair, File)
November 26, 2022, 11:38 am
World Cup sparks flashes of Arab unity after years of discord
Region comes together with Middle East hosting for first time, inspired by moments like Saudi Arabia’s shock win over Argentina, but experts say its unlikely to last
By Jon Gambrell
View of the Soroka Medical Center in Beersheba, on August 5, 2021. (Emanuel Fabian/Times of Israel)
October 24, 2022, 3:20 pm
Top doctor panned for voicing fear of ‘Arab womb,’ floating fines for Bedouin births
Health minister condemns Gideon Sahar, the head of cardiothoracic surgery at Soroka hospital, for his remarks at parlor meeting with Jewish Home leader Shaked
By Michael Horovitz
Michael Ben Ari attends a press conference held in response to the Supreme Court decision to disqualify his candidacy for the 2019 Knesset elections, due to his racist views, in Jerusalem on March 17, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLash90)
August 10, 2022, 10:36 pm
Prosecutors weigh indicting former far-right MK for incitement against Arabs
Officials note the broad social media reach of Otzma Yehudit’s Michael Ben Ari; ex-MK is eligible for a hearing before decision is made
By Tobias Siegal
A billboard highlighting the 2020 Census in Dearborn, Michigan, April 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)
May 3, 2020, 8:23 pm
Hard-to-count Arab Americans urged to prioritize census
Campaign calls for one of largest Arab communities outside Middle East to take part in order to get federal funding, but many are reluctant to interact with Trump administration
By Jeff Karoub and Mike Householder
Illustrative picture of a lonely woman. (LSO photo/iStock/Getty images)
March 23, 2020, 7:31 pm
Calls to crisis hotline triple as Israelis reel from coronavirus travails
Eran organization says callers lonely, worried about money and fearful of how long situation will last; Arabic-language hotline launched to meet increasing demand
By Sue Surkes
Dina Kraft interviewing Sami Saadi, co-CEO of Tsofen, in Nazareth, November 2019, for the 15th episode of her Hadassah podcast, 'The Branch.' (Courtesy Mitchell Coopersmith)
December 11, 2019, 2:33 am
A veteran reporter examines Jewish-Arab relationships in ‘The Branch’ podcast
Dina Kraft talks to pairs of Jewish and Arab friends, colleagues, and workmates for a Hadassah project
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative - Muslims attend the Friday noon prayer at Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, December 28, 2012. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
June 24, 2019, 6:51 pm
Arabs becoming less religious, BBC survey finds
Major poll of Arab world shows Trump least popular foreign leader, Israel perceived as top threat, ‘honor killings’ more acceptable than homosexuality
By ToI Staff
Linguist and Arabic teacher Anwar Ben-Badis teaching and guiding in Jerusalem's Katamon neighborhood during one of his intensive courses (Courtesy Anwar Ben-Badis)
January 21, 2018, 11:32 am
Al-salam alaikum! Is it finally time for Israelis to learn Arabic?
Teachers and language schools are noticing a rise in the number of locals learning Arabic, although attitudes and angles depend on who’s teaching, and where
By Jessica Steinberg
Then US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton meets with former Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, November 21, 2012 (AP/Egyptian Presidency)
November 9, 2016, 8:32 pm
Arabs surprisingly pleased with Trump win
Many Arab states resent Clinton for her support of the Arab Spring and the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt
By Avi Issacharoff
The Microsoft corporate building in Mountain View, CA. (image via Shutterstock)
June 6, 2016, 1:29 pm
Microsoft opens R&D center in Nazareth to reach Arab engineers
Software behemoth aims for proportion of Arab employees to reflect share of general population, says general manager
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative photo of a plate of hummus (Chen Leopold/Flash90)
October 19, 2015, 4:59 pm
Hummus joint gives Jewish-Arab tables 50% off
Amid worsening racial tensions in Israel, restaurant seeks to promote coexistence through good eats
By Ilan Ben Zion
File: The coastal town of Netanya, central Israel, in 2014. (Serge Attal/Flash90)
October 10, 2015, 3:08 pm
Police arrest 5 over Arab man’s beating in Netanya
Officials suspect dozens of Israelis arranged to meet and attack Arabs in the coastal town on Thursday
By Itamar Sharon
Women participating in #TheHabibatiTag campaign to promote Arab beauty (Screen capture via Twitter/ @BeautyArabian)
September 16, 2015, 4:37 pm
Twitter campaign tells Arabs to embrace their beauty
Users tweet selfies to challenge Western ideals of beauty and promote pride in Middle Eastern heritage
By Josefin Dolsten
David Ben-Gurion at home. (GPO)
May 27, 2015, 4:46 pm
In letter, Ben-Gurion opposed return of Haifa’s Arabs during war
Contents of document, which is to be sold at auction next week, appear to contradict Golda Meir’s testimony
By ToI Staff
In this photo taken Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014, a Palestinian woman stands in front of her Silwan apartment while Israeli police officers secure an alleyway leading to the entrance of a home that Jewish settlers had moved into. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
October 3, 2014, 6:26 am
Sudden apartment takeovers in east Jerusalem spark anger
As more Jews move in under the cover of darkness, Silwan locals target those suspected of selling properties
By Daniel Estrin
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