Operation Guardian of the Walls

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

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

Dozens attack the vehicle of Saeed Mousa, an Arab man, in Bat Yam on May 12, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

September 20, 2023, 1:31 pm

Bat Yam man convicted over 2021 mob assault on Arab driver

Netanel Binyamin found guilty of all charges, including committing a terrorist act of attempted murder, for taking part in brutal beating of Saeed Mousa amid Gaza war

By ToI Staff

MK Ahmad Tibi, right, during a discussion and a vote at the Knesset, in Jerusalem on September 19, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

September 19, 2023, 7:01 pm

Arab MK includes Israeli boy killed by Gaza fire in montage of slain Palestinian kids

Ahmad Tibi removes photo of Ido Avigal, 5, who died in a 2021 rocket attack from Gaza, after mother asks him to take it down

By ToI Staff

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

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets US Vice President Joe Biden upon his arrival to the prime minister's office in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 9, 2016. (Debbie Hill, Pool, via AP)

September 1, 2023, 6:24 am

Biden ‘smothered Netanyahu with love’ to hasten end of 2021 Gaza war, book reveals

In order to build trust with PM, president didn’t publicly call for ceasefire early on; used Gantz admission Israel was running out of targets to later tell premier ‘it’s over’

By ToI Staff

Hamza Abu Sneineh, 30, who was shot with a rubber bullet by Israel Police during clashes on the night of May 7, 2021, at the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. (Twitter screenshot: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

August 18, 2023, 4:42 pm

Palestinian man dies of injuries from May 2021 Temple Mount clash

Hamza Abu Sneineh, 30, was hit by rubber bullet fired by police, causing him to lose eye and suffer multiple skull fractures; Hamas, Islamic Jihad terror groups hail ‘martyr’

By Michael Horovitz

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

Israel Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai addresses a State Control Committee meeting at the Knesset on June 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

June 6, 2023, 6:36 pm

Police unprepared to deal with multi-front outbreak of violence, chief warns

Two years after intense ethnic clashes nationwide, Kobi Shabtai tells Knesset lack of manpower, equipment and resources means cops would be unable to deal with a similar scenario

By ToI Staff

Shalom Rotban (third from right) with his family at the Israeli-Jordanian border on May 25, 2023. (Israel Dog Unit Spokesperson; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

May 25, 2023, 9:00 pm

Israeli missing for two years reunited with family after being found in Jordan

Shalom Rotban, who has had PTSD since 2012 Gaza war that was retriggered during 2021 conflict, was identified at a psychiatric hospital in Amman by an Arab Israeli medical student

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: A soldier from the IDF's Military Intelligence Directorate works at a computer. (Israel Defense Forces)

March 22, 2023, 12:31 pm

IDF admits psychological warfare attempt targeting Israeli citizens

Opening fake social media accounts and leveraging existing ones, IDF Spokesperson’s Unit sought to foster public positivity toward 2021 Gaza operation; IDF acknowledges ‘error’

By Ash Obel

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (left) and police chief Kobi Shabtai hold a press conference at the National Security Ministry in Jerusalem, on January 24, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 24, 2023, 10:31 pm

Predicting more war strife, Ben Gvir vows to bolster police, raise pay

National security minister says Israel facing danger of new outbreak of violence, calls for creation of volunteer civilian guard

By ToI Staff

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

Police chief Kobi Shabtai attends a police ceremony in Beit Shemesh, November 7, 2022. (Flash90)

November 30, 2022, 6:48 am

In new recording, police chief seems to misread tensions ahead of May 2021 conflict

‘It’ll pass,’ says Shabtai in newly aired clip amid clashes in East Jerusalem, Temple Mount last year; police say comments were tied specifically to situation at that point in time

By ToI Staff

Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 22, 2022, at UN headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

October 21, 2022, 11:40 am

Lapid slams ‘antisemitic’ UN report accusing Israel of violating international law

PM says not all criticism of Israel is due to prejudice, but that this ‘biased’ document, part of probe into 11-day war with Hamas last year, is ‘written by antisemites’

By ToI Staff