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File: Medical workers operate a ventilation machine at Rambam Hospital in the northern city of Haifa, Monday, July 27, 2020 (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
August 10, 2026, 11:52 am
Rambam Hospital denies Arab staff mistreated wounded soldier after family sounds alarm
Relatives say soldier denied water, handled roughly by Arabic-speaking workers at Haifa hospital, with accusations amplified by far-right lawmakers; Arab staffers and Arab MKs say accusations stem from racism
By Stav Levaton
Gadi Eisenkot, head of the Yashar party, speaks during a conference at Tel Aviv University, May 12, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 11:12 am
Eisenkot hits back as Netanyahu’s Likud takes aim at his English-language skills
‘Where was Netanyahu’s excellent English on Oct. 7?’ former IDF chief jabs, dismissing campaign mocking his fluency as a ‘racist’ attack led by PM’s ‘despicable’ aide Jonatan Urich
By Shira Silkoff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with his spokesman Ziv Agmon (right) before boarding a plane in Washington on February 12, 2026. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
April 6, 2026, 1:46 am
After Likud backlash, PM U-turns, says aide who made racist comments to be replaced
Following leaked comments by Netanyahu’s chief of staff Ziv Agmon against Mizrahi Jews, premier initially says Agmon apologized, will stay on staff, later reverses course
By Lazar Berman
Tal Gilboa speaks during a committee meeting at the Knesset on February 19, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 29, 2026, 8:34 pm
PM’s office said to backtrack after tapping controversial Likud activist for key role
Hardline animal rights activist Tal Gilboa’s reported appointment as Netanyahu’s spokesperson reportedly canned after anti-Russian and LGBTQ remarks resurface
By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff
Ziv Agmon, acting chief of staff and spokesperson for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, walks outside his office at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 23, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
March 25, 2026, 10:52 pm
Netanyahu spokesman quits, admits to racist remarks on Mizrahi Jews, attacks on PM
Ziv Agmon says leaked comments were made before he worked for PM’s office, were taken out of context; says allegations of racism ‘ridiculous’ due to family’s Moroccan roots
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with his spokesman Ziv Agmon (right) before boarding a plane in Washington on February 12, 2026. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
March 25, 2026, 12:44 am
‘Retarded Moroccan’: Senior Netanyahu aide under fire for reported racist tirades
Ziv Agmon allegedly called Sephardic Likud MKs ‘baboons,’ said PM ‘must go home’ after October 7; after report airs, amid calls for his ouster, Agmon claims ‘real injustice’ done to him
By Sam Sokol and Lazar Berman
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
L-R: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); MK Pnina Tamano-Shata attends a press conference at the Knesset in Jerusalem, July 29, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 4, 2025, 4:00 pm
Opposition MK says Ben Gvir accosted and verbally assaulted her at Knesset
Pnina Tamano-Shata to file ethics complaint, weighing police complaint and lawsuit, after national security minister allegedly got in her face, called her ‘f*cked up and stupid’
By Sam Sokol
A delegation of Israelis traveled to Tamra to console the Arab families mourning there after a deadly missile strike in June 2025. (Courtesy Haviva Ner-David via JTA)
June 21, 2025, 2:23 pm
Deadly Iran strike on Tamra sparked anti-Arab racism. A tidal wave of solidarity followed
After a viral video showed some extremist Jewish Israelis celebrating attack that killed 4 women in the Muslim-majority city, many Jews showed up to hug the mourners
By Deborah Danan
Armenian Christians, accompanied by Israeli volunteers, enter the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on Palm Sunday, April 13, 2025. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
April 14, 2025, 10:51 pm
On Palm Sunday, Israeli volunteers escort Christian processions to report racist incidents
Volunteers from the Religious Freedom Data Center accompany Armenian, Latin, clerics to and from Church of Holy Sepulchre during their annual holy week ritual
By Sue Surkes
Ahmad Nijam lies on the ground after being shot in downtown Jerusalem on March 12, 2025. (Screen capture/X)
March 14, 2025, 3:26 pm
Jewish suspect freed to house arrest after shooting Arab municipal worker in Jerusalem
Witnesses say Ahmad Nijam, 41, was mobbed by young Jewish extremists chanting ‘Death to Arabs’; suspect makes uncorroborated claim Nijam shouted ‘Allahu Akbar’ at Jewish revelers
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israel Police officers on Route 90, October 11, 2024. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)
January 7, 2025, 5:23 pm
Northern Israeli indicted for racist assault of Arab doctor who stopped to help him
Liel Abadi charged with causing Dr. Mahmoud Masalha grievous bodily harm after telling him that ‘all Arabs need to die’
By ToI Staff
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at a press conference at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem on September 3, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 5, 2024, 12:46 pm
As Smotrich holds up funding, some Arab Israeli mayors allege racism
Finance minister’s decision to withhold $55 million for economic development in the Arab sector ‘exacerbating the cycle of poverty and violence,’ says Umm al-Fahm mayor
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: A person being arrested. (BrianAJackson via iStock by Getty images)
September 1, 2024, 11:30 pm
Reservist arrested for attempting to murder Arab passerby in Jerusalem
Shin Bet and police say 34-year-old suspect had racist motives, left house last month with rifle looking for Arab victim, but man he stopped managed to escape
By ToI Staff
Then-Otzma Yehudit party member Michael Ben Ari speaks during an election campaign event of Otzma Yehudit party in Bat Yam, April 6, 2019. (Flash90)
July 14, 2024, 11:45 pm
State attorney indicts former hard-right MK for incitement to racism against Arabs
Michael Ben Ari, founder of Itamar Ben Gvir’s Otzma Yehudit party, accused of calling Arab citizens of Israel ‘enemies,’ ‘a fifth column,’ ‘occupiers,’ and ‘a nation of murderers’
By Jeremy Sharon
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