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An Arab choir sings at Independence Day celebrations, held in Umm al-Fahm, April 29, 1958 (Moshe Pridan/GPO)
Revealed: Shin Bet controlled Arab schools for decades
Classified documents reveal how, for years, Israel’s internal security service meddled in Arab society’s education system, firing teachers deemed ‘threats’ and employing Shin Bet agents in the Education Ministry. It has long been known that the Shin Bet, Israel’s shadowy internal security service, has been involved in surveillance over the country’s Arab population. Since the very…
By Edo Konrad January 21, 2018
A Palestinian citizen stands before Israeli police forces during a demonstration in the city of Umm al-Fahm, October 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
To reduce crime, the police need the trust of Arab citizens
The rising violence in Israel’s Arab society hurts citizens and limits their ability to develop economically. But the police are unlikely to adequately address crime rates in Arab towns if they cannot work in cooperation with the local population.  By Thabet Abu Ras and Amnon Be’eri Sulitzeanu Of all the murder victims in Israel in 2016, 70 were Arab…
By +972 Magazine January 10, 2018
Knesset Member Ahmad Tibi hugs a family member of 19-year-old Lian Zaher Nasser during her funeral in her hometown of Tira, central Israel. Nasser was one of 39 people killed in a terror attack at an Istanbul nightclub shooting on New Years Eve, January 3, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
Dear Arab men, it’s time to build a new kind of masculinity
We must challenge masculinity that derives its power from the backs of the weakest segments in our society, while at the same time proposing an alternative masculinity that fights back against our humiliation. By Abed Abu Shehadeh After every catastrophe that befalls Arab society in Israel, I find myself typing away. I write to try and describe…
By Haokets June 24, 2017
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WATCH: Arab women protest against domestic violence in Israel
In the past decade, 76 Arab women have been murdered in domestic violence in Israel. The ‘Committee for the Struggle against the Murder of Women in Arab Society’ held an event protesting murder and violence against Arab women. Families of the victims are still demanding justice since most of the murderers are still free.
By Social TV May 24, 2013
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