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Right-wing agitator Mordechai David arrives for questioning at a police station in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 15, 2026, 7:37 pm
Police detain far-right provocateur, after harassment of Arab journalist Lucy Aharish
Cops reportedly take Mordechai David to station for questioning, after he and others hound TV presenter and her husband outside court, amid her lawsuit against Likud activist
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
'Happy Place' screenwriter and actor Noa Koler accepts the Israeli Academy of Film and Television award on May 3, 2026. (Niv Aharonson)
May 4, 2026, 2:17 am
Noa Koler’s ‘Happy Place’ wins big in Israeli TV awards, rescheduled after Iran war
Kan snags 27 prizes in belated 2025 awards; winning Best Investigative Program, Uvda’s Ilana Dayan says government ‘machine’ working to erase memory of Oct. 7 failures
By Jessica Steinberg
Channel 13 anchor Lucy Aharish speaks on the network's evening news, February 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 13)
March 8, 2026, 1:18 pm
Arab-Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish sues Likud activist over racist harassment
Lawsuit alleges Rami Ben-Yehuda led a racist campaign including shouting abuse outside TV news anchor’s home, trespassing, and posting online smears depicting her as a terrorist
By ToI Staff
Jewish extremists (left) gather outside the home of Israeli TV journalist Lucy Aharish on February 26, 2026. (Kan TV screenshot). Aharish (right) vows that "violence will not triumph" in a Channel 13 TV monologue on February 22, 2026, after she and her family were targeted at their home by Jewish extremists in an earlier incident. (Channel 13 screenshot)
February 27, 2026, 2:07 am
‘May your village burn’: Jewish extremists protest at Arab journalist’s home for 5th time this week
Police open investigation into far-right hate campaign against Lucy Aharish, as dozens hold counterprotest in support of her outside TV studio where she works
By ToI Staff and AFP
Screengrab of a video showing right-wing activists rally outside the Tel Aviv apartment of Channel 13 Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish, February 25, 2026, (X)
February 26, 2026, 3:37 am
Far-right activists threaten Arab news anchor at latest rally outside her home
Agitators show up at Lucy Aharish’s residence to harass her for fourth time in past week, vow to continue doing so: ‘It won’t stop here’; one activist reportedly detained by cops
By ToI Staff
Screen captures from videos of right-wing activist Ziv Barnes, in a white top, being detained by police after he demonstrated outside the apartment of Channel 13 Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish, February 23, 2026. (X)
February 25, 2026, 10:53 am
Right-wing activists again rally outside home of Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish
1 detained as provocateurs turn up at Tel Aviv building for 3rd time within a week, police arrive shortly afterwards to move them away; demonstrator vows action will continue
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Channel 13 anchor Lucy Aharish speaks on the network's evening news, February 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 13)
February 23, 2026, 11:58 am
Arab Israeli news anchor who was harassed by far-right mob: These are Netanyahu’s goons
Lucy Aharish charges PM is ‘guilty’ over provocateurs’ repeated targeting of government critics, says there is ‘no forgiveness for what my child went through’
By ToI Staff
Screengrab of a social media video showing right-wing provocateur Mordechai David being detained by police for protesting outside the home of news anchor Lucy Aharish, in Tel Aviv, February 21, 2026. (X)
February 22, 2026, 12:12 pm
Right-wing activist held for entering apartment complex of Arab Israeli anchor Lucy Aharish
Provocateur Mordechai David arrested on charges of trespassing, disturbing the peace; later freed and barred from approaching Aharish for 14 days
By ToI Staff
Former national security adviser Eyal Hulata speaks at an anti-government protest demanding the establishment of a state commission of inquiry into Hamas's onslaught of October 7, 2023, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, February 21, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
February 22, 2026, 4:40 am
Top aide to ex-PMs Bennett, Lapid: Unlike Netanyahu, they would’ve never denied Oct. 7 responsibility
Former national security adviser Eyal Hulata slams premier at anti-government Tel Aviv rally; police use water cannon on protesters outside PM’s Jerusalem residence, at least 2 detained
By Charlie Summers, Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Actor Tsahi Halevi and his young son as the 'Fauda' actor returns to reserve duty for the 2023 Gaza-Israel war (Courtesy Lucy Aharish Instagram stories)
October 16, 2023, 1:20 pm
Actor Tsahi Halevi dons uniform for reserve duty
‘Fauda’ and ‘Cops’ actor returns to Border Police unit amid war with Gaza terrorists
By Jessica Steinberg
Lucy Aharish, Tsahi Halevy and their baby (screen capture: Channel 12)
April 18, 2021, 3:11 am
Arab Israeli TV anchor opens up on vicious responses to her interfaith marriage
In heartfelt interview, Lucy Aharish describes barrage of criticism over her marriage to actor Tsahi Halevi, says their child will make his own decisions on Judaism
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Members of the Joint List party MKs Osama Saadi, Ayman Odeh, Ahmad Tibi and Mansour Abbas arrive for a consultation with President Reuven Rivlin on who he should task with trying to form a new government, in Jerusalem on September 22, 2019. (Menahem Kahana/AFP)
October 30, 2020, 7:13 am
When Israel’s Arabs began to demand their own ‘normalization’ deal
Mansour Abbas, who drew fire from his opposition colleagues for helping Likud overturn a Knesset vote last week, is a conservative Muslim urging ‘pragmatic’ Arab Israeli politics
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Yuval Diskin address online protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on March 21, 2020. (Screen capture/Facebook)
March 22, 2020, 12:42 am
Nearly 600,000 watch virtual protest against PM, Likud’s shuttering of Knesset
Former Shin Bet, Mossad heads and ex-Supreme Court deputy chief address Facebook event, urge Gantz to refrain from joining coalition led by Netanyahu over his indictments
By Jacob Magid
Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish attends the Israeli 67th Independence Day Ceremony at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 22, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash 90)
April 11, 2019, 11:09 pm
Arab journalist slams Likud poll station cameras; Arab party: ‘Political terror’
Lucy Aharish asks: ‘What would we say if cameras were placed on Jewish voters in US?’; Arab voter turnout fell to 52%, pollster estimates, compared to 63.7% in 2015
By Adam Rasgon
Yakub Barhum and Michal Baranes have built a life and a successful restaurant, Majda, in a small Arab-Israeli village, but they are considering moving abroad after recent Jewish-Arab tensions in Israel. (Ben Sales)
November 30, 2018, 1:56 pm
Fuss over celebrity wedding highlights difficulties faced by Jewish-Arab couples
Though a tiny minority in largely separate communities, interfaith relationships have defied odds and societal pressures. But some say the challenge is growing harder and harder
By Ben Sales
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