May 2021 riots

File: 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

The Iron Dome anti-missile system fires interceptor missile towards rockets launched by terror groups from the Gaza Strip into Israel, over the southern Israeli city of Ashkelon, during Operation Guardian of the Walls, May 16, 2021. (Avi Roccah/Flash90)

September 22, 2022, 7:38 pm

Meta says it failed to adequately remove hate, incitement during May 2021 conflict

Probe finds over-enforcement of policies on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp adversely impacted freedom of expression and other rights during conflict, especially for Palestinians

By Jeremy Sharon

Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai seen during a visit in the southern city of Ashkelon, May 18, 2021. (Flash90)

September 21, 2022, 2:02 pm

Israel Police chief calls for ‘shutting down’ social media during civil unrest

‘This is already war’: Commissioner says online platforms drove citizens out onto the streets during the May 2021 Arab-Jewish riots

By Jeremy Sharon

Muhammad Mahameed Kiwan, 17, who died of gunshot wounds in Umm Al-Fahm, May, 2021. (Courtesy)

September 15, 2022, 6:41 pm

Probe closed into policeman who shot and killed Arab teen in car during riots

Internal Investigations Department says not enough evidence to continue case of Muhammad Mahameed Kiwan, killed during May 2021 unrest; father decries decision to forgive ‘murder’

By ToI Staff

The production line of the 'Menbo,' the Feldman's Icecream factory's name for the sweet snack better known as 'Krembo' at the factory in Rehovot on October 27, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

September 13, 2022, 1:59 pm

Daily Briefing Sept 13: The way the right’s Krembo crumbles and a new ToI docuseries

Senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur predicts who’s the politician to watch, plus filmmakers Eiv Kristal and Natan Odenheimer on why they’re hopeful after filming in Ramle-Lod

By ToI Staff

Suspects in the mob attack of a Jewish man in Acre, May 2021.
Top row L-R: Hissam Awad, Ayman Zalfi, Muhammad Hamaad, Rani Piran,
Bottom row L-R: Adham Bashir, Qusay Abbas, Salah Majid

September 7, 2022, 12:30 pm

Shin Bet says 3 more suspects indicted over 2021 mob assault of Jewish man

Arrests over past two months bring to 8 the number of suspects in attack on Mor Ganashvili, who suffered serious injuries in Acre beating

By ToI Staff

A car burns after being set on fire during riots in Acre, northern Israel, May 12, 2021. (Roni Ofer/Flash90)

September 1, 2022, 1:01 pm

Arab Israeli man indicted on terror charges for Acre mob assault

Suspect accused of participating in a violent attack against a Jewish man in the northern town during the May 2021 riots; victim sustained life-threatening injuries

By ToI Staff