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Why Palestinians in Israel believe crime is a ‘strategic project of the state’
Amid an epidemic of gang violence, activists and experts see Israel's deliberate inaction as part of a campaign to dismantle Palestinian society from within.
By
Baker Zoubi
May 27, 2025
When a Jew shot by another Jew cries ‘Death to Arabs!’
Mizrahim can continue to deny their identity, but they cannot shed their skin. The Miami shooter’s bullets remind them: after all, you’re Arab too.
By
Orly Noy
February 19, 2025
Abandoned by the state, Palestinian citizens of Israel face record crime wave
Amid a proliferation of weapons and worsening police negligence since Oct. 7, violence by criminal organizations in Arab towns has reached historic levels.
By
Baker Zoubi
May 30, 2024
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‘Sorry Mohammad’: What’s behind Ben Gvir’s apartheid honesty?
The national security minister’s brazen remarks are simply an expression of what this government was elected to do: rip the mask off Jewish supremacy.
By
Edo Konrad
August 25, 2023
The Palestinian group building power through youth
Baladna head Nidaa Nassar explains how the Haifa-based NGO is raising a generation of Palestinians to overcome their fragmentation and erasure.
By
Vera Sajrawi
June 21, 2023
‘Mama, are we going to die soon?’ Arab educators grapple with spiking violence
Lacking state support, three Palestinian citizens of Israel share what parents and schools can do to help children exposed to pervasive gun crime.
By
Vera Sajrawi
June 20, 2023
Why Israeli police aren’t the solution to Palestinian crime
The fixation on policing has funneled us into a debate that avoids the real roots of the crisis of gun violence among Palestinian citizens of Israel.
By
Amjad Iraqi
June 18, 2023
The return of Israel’s military rule over Palestinian citizens
Long wielded in the occupied territories, administrative detention could be the next tool in Ben Gvir's arsenal of repression against Palestinian citizens.
By
Orly Noy
June 13, 2023
‘He thought killing an Arab was easy’
Palestinian citizens decry the shooting of Diyar Omari by a Jewish Israeli, blaming racist politicians for fomenting a trigger-happy atmosphere.
By
Baker Zoubi
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Oren Ziv
May 8, 2023
How crime in Lydd became a front for the Israeli right’s agenda
Palestinian residents say that politicians' attempts to link crime with nationalism avoids addressing the discriminatory reality in the 'mixed city.'
By
Baker Zoubi
February 22, 2023
Why Ben Gvir wants more guns on the streets
The Israeli far right sees widespread gun ownership as a means of enforcing racial supremacy — a lesson taken straight out of the American playbook.
By
Nate Orbach
February 1, 2023
All of a sudden, Israel cares about illegal weapons
So long as it was Palestinian citizens being killed, Israel never batted an eyelid. After last night’s attack on police officers, that's all about to change.
By
Orly Noy
March 28, 2022
Why Israel wants Palestinians to have guns
From criminal gangs in Lyd to security forces in Ramallah, Palestinians who turn their guns on each other are serving Israel's apartheid rule.
By
Rami Younis
September 8, 2021
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