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Jewish-Arab violence

Illustrative: A Superbus driver waits for passengers at the entrance to Jerusalem, August 1, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
August 2, 2026, 1:30 pm
Teenagers allegedly beat an Arab bus driver unconscious overnight in Jerusalem
Driver says he lost four of his teeth in attack, passed out and awoke to ‘faces full of hate’; police launch probe amid spate of similar attacks on Arab bus drivers in capital
By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff
Muslim worshippers pass through a checkpoint as Israeli police deploy in the Old City of Jerusalem ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, February 27, 2025. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 28, 2025, 8:00 am
Palestinians and Israelis brace for escalation on eve of ‘somber and tense’ Ramadan
Security personnel and Palestinian worshipers in Jerusalem prepare for the holy month amid Israel’s tenuous ceasefire with Hamas and ongoing operations in the West Bank
By Ariela Karmel
Marwa, left, and Milla, the widow and daughter of Musa Hassuna, an Arab Israeli man killed in a violent protest in Lod, in a still from 'Mourning in Lod,' directed by Hilla Medalia. (Courtesy of MTV Documentary Films)
February 4, 2024, 11:56 am
Film about deadly 2021 Arab-Jewish riots gives insight into post-Oct. 7 life in Israel
As festivals back out of screening Hilla Medalia’s ‘Mourning in Lod’ about two people who died in mob violence, director says her documentary’s lessons hit home now more than ever
By Rich Tenorio
Activists from the Rov Hair Jewish-Arab movement clean a shelter in Haifa, on October 12, 2023. (Rov Hair)
November 20, 2023, 9:05 am
In Haifa, bomb shelter cleanup action fosters unlikely Arab-Jewish partnerships
The push to prepare for possible Hezbollah rockets creates meeting spaces for hundreds of people from communities that rarely mix in Israel’s third-largest city
By Canaan Lidor
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir speaks during a tour of Sderot on October 11, 2023. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 11, 2023, 1:56 pm
Ben Gvir widely panned for warning of renewed Jewish-Arab intercommunal riots
Touring Sderot, far-right minister says he’s ordered police chief to prepare for potential repeat of ethnic violence in mixed cities, drawing accusations of fearmongering
By Jeremy Sharon and Michael Bachner
Suspects in an attack on an Arab man at the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, at a May 30, 2021 hearing at Jerusalem District Court (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2023, 11:43 pm
2 Jewish Israelis sentenced over brutal assault of Palestinian during May 2021 riots
Noam Elimelech given 11 years, Naftali Elmakayes gets 4.5 years for stabbing, beating restaurant worker they sought out for being Arab; two others waiting to be sentenced for crime
By ToI Staff
People gather for a protest at the Stella Maris Monastery in the northern Israeli city of Haifa, June 18, 2023. (Flash90)
July 27, 2023, 4:47 pm
At a Haifa church, Jewish pilgrims test coexistence strained by painful history
Haredi visitors outside Stella Maris say they want to pray near the presumed burial site of Prophet Elisha; churchgoers say it’s just another attempt to intimidate Christians
By Canaan Lidor
Border Police officers stand guard near the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on May 25, 2022. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
December 22, 2022, 9:42 pm
Otzma Yehudit coalition deal provides for new Shin Bet division to tackle Arab crime
NGOs react angrily to revelation, demand internal security agency ‘keep its hands off’ Arab community
By Ash Obel
A Lod marketplace on election day, November 1, 2022. (Jeremy Sharon/Times of Israel)
November 1, 2022, 7:26 pm
Voters in mixed Jewish-Arab city Lod choose between far-right and radical left
Tensions in Lod have abated since the severe intercommunal violence of May 2021, but the riots are still fresh in the minds of some voters
By Jeremy Sharon
Screen capture from video showing a brawl outside an Arab-owned bakery in Tel Aviv, September 10, 2022. (Via Twitter, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 11, 2022, 10:58 pm
One injured as gang brawls at Arab-owned Tel Aviv bakery
Owner says drunk group assaulted him, one pulled out improvised pistol and shot cleaning worker who tried to intervene
By ToI Staff
Torched synagogues, cars and vandalized stores in Lod, following a night of ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
July 12, 2022, 10:44 am
Jewish Israeli sentenced to 38 months for racist assault on Arab last year
Nissim Azulay, 29, is the second to be sentenced among six individuals indicted for attacking 60-year-old Ghassan Haj Yahya
By ToI Staff
Dozens attack the vehicle of Saeed Mousa, an Arab man, in Bat Yam on May 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)
June 22, 2022, 6:02 pm
Assailant sentenced to 15 months in prison for 2021 mob attack on Arab driver
Yaakov Cohen also given 8-month suspended sentence, ordered to pay NIS 5,000 compensation to Saeed Mousa for assaulting him in Bat Yam during Israel-Hamas war
By ToI Staff
A car that was burned during recent clashes between Jewish and Arab residents of Lod, in the central Israeli city of Lod, May 23, 2021. (Flash90)
May 17, 2022, 7:58 pm
Prosecutors say more than 600 indictments filed over last May’s Jewish-Arab violence
According to report, 89% of defendants were Arab, with one-fourth of them minors; 239 were charged with terror or acting out of a racist motive
By ToI Staff
Chef Uri Jeremias talks to members of staff at his seafood and fish restaurant 'Uri Buri' in the northern Israeli coastal town of Acre on May 2, 2022 (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 8, 2022, 8:08 am
Year after deadly riot, iconic Acre proprietor rebuilds on sensitive foundations
Chef Uri Jeremias, whose restaurant and hotel — symbols of coexistence — were attacked in 2021, says society mustn’t turn blind eye to those who feel disenfranchised
By Ben Simon
Police are seen in Lod during ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
May 2, 2022, 6:20 pm
Jewish man given 5-year sentence for assaulting Arab during 2021 Gaza war
According to indictment, Yaakov Atenau and his friends attacked and injured Ghassan Yahya in the parking lot of a Herzliya mosque
By ToI Staff
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