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Tel Aviv University Prof. Ran Barkai (left) and Sakhnin resident Muataz Shalata hold 500,000-year-old stone hand axes crafted with special materials featuring unique geological characteristics, in a discovery announced in March 2026. (Tel Aviv University)
March 22, 2026, 5:53 pm
Paleolithic chic: 500,000 years ago, Israel’s ancient toolmakers had a taste for sparkle
Rare hand axes from the Sakhnin Valley show Homo erectus picked fossil- and crystal-rich stones for visual appeal, hinting at early symbolic thinking, new study suggests
By Rossella Tercatin
Thousands attend a protest against organized crime in the Arab community and call on the state to do more to stop it, in Tel Aviv. January 31, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
February 8, 2026, 10:10 am
Arab community leads protest convoys throughout country over rampant deadly crime
Traffic chaos expected as vehicles set to converge on Jerusalem for rally protesting government’s failure to curb killings
By ToI Staff
MK Mansour Abbas at the Knesset on November 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 27, 2026, 8:37 am
As Arab parties answer call for unity, Ra’am seeks to retain role as coalition kingmaker
Factions look to reunify as ‘Joint List’ so as to pool power for community wracked by deadly crime, but Islamist party wants to keep its plans to expand its base and return to government
By Tal Schneider
File: Students at Tel Aviv University rally against violence within Arab communities, January 12, 2026. (Erik Marmor/FLASH90)
January 22, 2026, 2:39 pm
Arab society stages nationwide strike over police failure to curb violent crime
Starting in northern towns, strike spreads to many Arab locales as Sahknin mayor accuses PM of not caring; Ben Gvir ridicules the protest action, says leaders back criminals
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Hostage families and their supporters march to the US Embassy Branch Office in Tel Aviv, demanding the release of the captives, July 19, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
July 26, 2025, 3:40 pm
As truce talks falter, pro-hostage deal, anti-government rallies set to draw thousands
Families Forum to hold 2nd weekly march to US mission in Tel Aviv, demanding a comprehensive deal; anti-government activists to protest in Ness Ziona after attack on Arab lawmaker
By ToI Staff
Mohammed Abd Tarabieh, 28, left, was murdered in Sakhnin on April 12, 2025; Elias Matran, 31, right, was murdered in Nazareth on April 13, 2025. (Courtesy: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 13, 2025, 10:21 am
Two Arab men shot dead in separate incidents amid slew of murders over recent days
Victims named as Mohammed Abd Tarabieh, 28, and father of two Elias Matran, 31; killings bring homicides recorded in community since start of 2025 to 75
By ToI Staff
Hisham Abu Riya, the first non-Bedouin Muslim officer in the IDF, being awarded the rank of lieutenant colonel (res.) in September 2022 (courtesy)
September 9, 2024, 6:04 am
Taboo of Arabs in the IDF is slowly crumbling, says first Muslim non-Bedouin officer
Hisham Abu Raya was the first from his community to climb the IDF ranks. Today, he runs a program promoting military service among young Muslims as a key to advancing in society
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Arab Israelis work at fintech firm Pagaya's site located at the Northmed Innovation Center in the Arab city of Sakhnin in northern Israel. (Courtesy)
April 3, 2024, 6:26 pm
Israeli fintech firm Pagaya taps into Arab talent pool during ongoing war
Pagaya increases the number of Arab Israelis at its site in the city of Sakhnin, while the government cuts funds earmarked for the economic development of the Arab population
By Sharon Wrobel
Weapons captured by police from an Arab Israeli terror cell in the northern city of Sakhnin, in a video published March 10, 2024. (Israel Police)
March 10, 2024, 4:43 pm
Police: 13 Arab Israelis suspected of plotting attacks on behalf of Hamas
Members of alleged cell, mostly from northern city of Sakhnin, accused of obtaining weapons and receiving instructions from Palestinian terror group on preparing explosives
By Emanuel Fabian
A fighter from the Christian Syriac militia that battles the Islamic State group under the banner of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, burns an ISIS flag on the front line on the western side of Raqqa, northeast Syria, July 17, 2017. (AP/Hussein Malla, File)
October 31, 2023, 11:08 am
3 Arab Israelis suspected of planning Islamic State ‘terror activity’
Men, who have been arrested and remanded until Sunday, are residents of Sakhnin and Arraba in the north
By ToI Staff
Police at the scene of a quadruple homicide in the northern town of Abu Snan, August 22, 2023. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
August 27, 2023, 10:12 am
Man shot dead in north, bringing 2023’s homicide toll in Arab community to 157
Victim identified as paroled Sakhnin resident who reportedly recently served prison time for weapons offenses and kidnapping with intent to murder
By ToI Staff
Magen David Adom paramedics at the scene of a car accident at the Be'erotayim Junction in central Israel, August 11, 2022. (Magen David Adom)
July 4, 2023, 11:17 am
6-year-old girl dies after being hit by a car in northern Israel
Child critically injured after apparently falling out of her mother’s car, succumbs to wounds in hospital
By ToI Staff
Israeli forces make an arrest as they operate in East Jerusalem in the early morning of April 7, 2023. (Screenshot: Twitter; Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 7, 2023, 8:48 am
Over 20 arrested overnight in Arab towns amid unrest tied to Temple Mount clashes
Jewish homes in East Jerusalem targeted with firebombs; police attacked with fireworks in northern city rioting; apparent Jewish extremists torch cars in Kafr Qasim
By ToI Staff
MK Mazen Ghnaim speaks during a committee meeting, in the Knesset, October 27, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 10, 2021, 9:02 pm
Bill for new hospital in Arab town advances after Ra’am MK breaks with coalition
Proposal to classify incitement against ultra-Orthodox as a crime also passes preliminary reading, in pair of wins for opposition
By ToI Staff
A work by Israeli photographer Angelica Sher, to be shown at the Mediterranean Biennale, opening April 6, 2021 (Courtesy Angelica Sher)
April 5, 2021, 10:26 pm
After Abraham Accords, Jewish-Arab art show tries to transcend historic conflict
Mediterranean Biennale, held in Haifa and Sakhnin, pushes unity and dialogue, with artworks hung in cafes and lounges; some international artists reluctant to participate
By Jessica Steinberg
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