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May 2021 riots

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
Yigal Yehoshua, 56, was killed by rioters who pelted his car with bricks while he drove home in Lod, May 11, 2021. (Courtesy)
September 28, 2025, 2:21 pm
7 Arab men jailed for 12-14 years for role in death of Jewish man in 2021 Lod riots
Family of Yigal Yehoshua, who died after being hit in the head by a brick when a mob stoned his car, will ask state prosecutor to seek a harsher sentence, lawyer says
By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff
Torched cars and vandalized stores in Jaffa Tel Aviv, following a night of rioting by Arab residents in the city, on May 15, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
September 26, 2024, 6:08 pm
Man jailed for 15 years for attempted murder of IDF soldier during May 2021 riots
Arab Israeli spotted mob attacking soldier in Jaffa, ran across road to join in, hitting him with 3-kilogram rock before fleeing
By Michael Horovitz
A young boy looks on as Israeli security forces gather during a protest in Jaffa on May 15, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
July 7, 2024, 12:17 pm
The imam’s call: How 2021’s lessons kept Jaffa from sliding into fiery riots on Oct. 8
After deadly unrest engulfed mixed cities 3 years ago, clerics, activists and cops jointly laid the groundwork that halted extremists who nearly plunged Jaffa back into chaos
By Zvi Smith
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
Mor Ganashvili, seriously injured during a mob assault in Acre in May 2021, arrives for a court hearing of one of his attackers at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 27, 2023, 5:10 pm
Arab Israeli gets 17 years in prison for role in 2021 Acre mob assault of Jewish man
Qusay Abbas also ordered to pay compensation to victim Mor Ganashvili, who suffered life-threatening and permanent injuries; judges say assault was a ‘lynching’
By ToI Staff
Police are seen in Lod during ethnic rioting in the mixed Jewish-Arab city in central Israel, May 12, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
October 4, 2023, 1:08 pm
Report: Police eye changes to rules for use of live fire against rioters in wartime
Matter said brought up during discussion on lessons learned from May 2021 riots, amid fears Arab protesters could block army convoys during a future military escalation
By Michael Horovitz
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
File: Mor Ganashvili, who was seriously injured during a lynching in Acre last year, arrives for a court hearing of one of his attackers at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 17, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 13, 2023, 3:42 pm
Arab Israeli convicted of attempted murder with terror motive in 2021 Acre mob assault
Qusay Abbas, 21, found guilty in most serious judgment yet in case; victim Mor Ganashvili says verdict sends message that ‘Jewish blood is not worthless’
By ToI Staff
A French anti riot police officer walk past a burning truck in Nantes, western France on early July 1, 2023, four days after a 17-year-old man was killed by police in Nanterre, a western suburb of Paris (Sebastien SALOM-GOMIS / AFP)
July 2, 2023, 7:23 pm
Israel Police to study how France riots unfolded, pointing to worries of local unrest
Police commissioner orders force to examine what caused ‘extreme reaction’ by French demonstrators, amid fears of further communal violence in Israel
By ToI Staff
Medics evacuate Mor Ganashvili, injured during a mob attack amid clashes between Arab and Jews in Acre, northern Israel, May 12, 2021. (Roni Ofer/Flash90)
January 18, 2023, 11:29 am
Shin Bet says eighth suspect indicted over 2021 mob assault of Jewish man
Charges filed against Asi Hourani for Acre attack on Mor Ganashvili, who suffered serious injuries
By Emanuel Fabian
Israeli security forces spray protesters with skunk water during clashes in Umm al-Fahm in northern Israel, on May 19, 2021. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
December 8, 2022, 10:43 pm
Arab Israeli gets 15 years in prison for shooting at cops during May 2021 riots
Mohammed Mahdi Agbaria also found guilty of throwing roofing tiles at officers who came to arrest him; judges call his actions ‘an attempt to carry out a coup by armed force’
By ToI Staff
Adham Bashir, who was convicted over his part in the mob attack of Mor Ganashvili in 2021, is seen attending his sentencing at the Haifa District Court, on November 28, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 2:42 pm
Arab Israeli sentenced to 10 years for role in 2021 Acre mob assault of Jewish man
Adham Bashir convicted in a plea bargain for terror offenses over attack that left victim Mor Ganashvili with serious injuries; victim: ‘They killed a part of my soul’
By ToI Staff
Leon Shranin, 19, was seriously wounded by an Arab mob amid rioting in Jaffa, May 2021. (Screenshot: Channel 13)
November 27, 2022, 7:46 pm
2 convicted in brutal beating of off-duty soldier in Jaffa during May 2021 unrest
Mohammed Ayiash found guilty of incitement to terror and violence, Wali Misri of aggravated assault; victim underwent intense rehab for wounds
By Michael Horovitz
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
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