Arab crime

The year-long Imams as Community Leaders program brought Islamic leaders from across the country to study community resilience, conflict resolution, and violence prevention strategies.

The meeting comes after five people were murdered in four separate incidents in Taiba, Kalansuwa, Jaffa, and Holon within less than 12 hours.

Media reports said the victim was the father of a state witness in a major organized crime case, though authorities have not confirmed the alleged connection.

On Monday, a Jaffa resident in his 30s lightly injured three in a shooting incident on Shmuel ben Adiya Street. Seperately, Rajed Abd al-Hadi, a 22-year-old influencer, was shot at a hookah lounge.

In Yafia, two men in their 30s were fatally shot. Magen David Adom paramedics reported treating the two men for penetrating wounds shortly before reporting that the men had both died at the scene.

Police Commissioner Danny Levi said the shooting “crossed a red line,” calling it a direct attack on elected officials and the rule of law.

The March shooting left Mayor Nassar seriously wounded and Dr. Anwar Yassin, head of the local popular committee, moderately wounded.

A new study reveals that 75% of Israeli Arab 12th-grade students support volunteering for non-security national service. There is also strong backing for Arab parties joining the next coalition.

President Isaac Herzog described the high murder rate within the Arab community as an "ugly stain" on Israeli society, demanding that the government act to reduce the violent crime rate.

The Hariri suspects are also accused of having extorted residents in the Samaria region of the West Bank and demanding payments totaling millions of shekels.