Arabs

Second deadly shooting in 24 hours raises 2026 Israeli-Arab death toll to 29

Emergency services said the victim was found with critical gunshot wounds and was evacuated for hospitalization, where doctors pronounced him dead shortly afterward.

Thousands attend a protest against the violence in the Arab community, in Tel Aviv. January 31, 2026.
Thousands of people attend a protest against violence in the Arab community in Tel Aviv, January 31, 2026

The government must address the epidemic of crime in Arab Israeli society - editorial

Israeli politician Itamar Ben-Gvir walks inside the Knesset, on the day US President Donald Trump delivers remarks, in Jerusalem, October 13, 2025.

Moral, legal issues with Israel’s terrorist death penalty - opinion

Graphic novel ‘Between the River and the Sea’ by Hillel Cohen.

Jerusalem highlights: January 16-22


Israel-Hamas War made Israelis more religious, JPPI special report reveals

Approximately half of the people who identified as center or left-wing reported a rightward shift in their politics since October 7.

 A Jewish man wears a blue Kippah with a Star of David on it in Sao Paulo, Brazi

Are Arab states already pessimistic about the future of the Gaza deal? - analysis

Many countries are wary of the future and wonder if the deal agreed to in Egypt on October 8 can actually change the situation in Gaza. 

Trucks carry aid for Palestinians, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, October 14, 2025.

Jewish-Arab equality is the only path forward: Lessons from Vivian Silver - opinion

Reality has proven to us again and again that the only viable path forward with the Bedouin community is the slow and difficult work of building trust, mutual respect, and belonging.

VIVIAN SILVER

Kafr Kara shooting kills 29-year-old amid rising Arab sector homicide wave

According to the Abraham Initiatives, 187 Arab-Israelis have been murdered in 2025.

Police car at night

Scholars say Iran intensified repressions, focused on hangings and an Internet blackout

Since the war with Israel, Iranian Police have claimed 21,000 arrests, while rights groups say the subsequent surge in executions echoes the run-up to the 1988 prison massacres.

 Iranian flags fly as fire and smoke from an Israeli attack on Sharan Oil depot rise, following Israeli strikes on Iran, in Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025.

Arab League summit in Doha leaves Israel with a choice - opinion

Israelis should realize that for many in the region, the Israel of the past three years is different from all previous ones.

EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT Abdel Fattah al-Sisi meets the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, in Doha this week. The moment seems to call for Arab leaders to grant a series of in-depth interviews to Israeli TV channels, says the writer.

The power of a generation: Young Arabs and Jews are building tomorrow’s Israel - opinion

The future of Israel, in all its complexity, lies in the hands and spirit of its youth – both Jewish and Arab.

DESPITE THE obstacles, a steadfast determination among young Arabs and Jews refuses to yield to despair, say the writers, Boozy Merav Boaz (left) and Maisam Jaljuli.

Shooting, explosives, sleepless nights: Witnesses recount life amid rampant crime in Arab society

Sara Abu Siam from Lod says fear of violence now defines daily life for Arab youth in Israel, as crime surges and police response lags behind.

 Israeli Border Police force members patrol near the entrances to the Arab-Jewish town of Lod, Israel May 13, 2021.

Is Egypt truly a friend of Israel? - opinion

Israel’s challenge is to continue managing this vital economic partnership without ignoring the clear signs that, in the military and political arenas, Egypt maintains a posture of suspicion.

 A truck crosses from Gaza to Egypt, at the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the Israel-Hamas war, in Rafah, Egypt

This week in Jewish history: The 2005 Gaza Disengagement

A highly abridged weekly version of Dust & Stars – Today in Jewish History.

 OPPONENTS OF Prime Minister Ariel Sharon’s disengagement plan face IDF troops as they secure the fence of Kfar Maimon in July 2005 after police blocked them from marching to the Gush Katif communities to protest against their demolition.