Arabs

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
 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.

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

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.

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

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.

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


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.

Arab terrorism and violence is not normal - opinion

The world’s allowance for Palestinian violence directly led to the massacre of innocent Jews and Israelis.

THE DEADLY aftermath in a Kibbutz Nir Oz home after October 7, 2023.

Smotrich posts picture with 'Death to the Arabs' graffiti, blames media for 'not paying attention'

Israeli-Palestinian NGO raised the issue of Smotrich's post with the Attorney-General, arguing that no politician could post something that said "Death to the Jews" without reprimands.

MK Bezalel Smotrich published a cropped photo afterward.

Yeshiva students spat at, insulted by Arab man with knife in Lucerne, Switzerland

An Arab man with a knife approached a group of yeshiva students while shouting antisemitic insults and 'free Palestine' in Lucerne, Switzerland.

 People walk past as Swiss police vehicles stand by to prevent expected illegal gatherings amid restrictions due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, in the old town of Zurich, Switzerland, April 9, 2021.

DNA study: Modern Jews and Arabs retain more than half their ancestry from Bronze Age ‘Canaanites’

Genome-wide analysis of 93 skeletons from Israel, Jordan and Lebanon traces an unbroken genetic thread across three millennia.

 Excavation near Jerusalem.

Can tribal leaders in Hebron bring peace with Israel? - analysis

The fact that the Sons of Iraq or the leaders of Jordan and Iraq emerged under US and British support, illustrate that these tribal structures often require outside support.

 Palestinians shop at a market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival, in the West Bank city of Hebron, on June 5, 2025.

'The Great Betrayal': Revolutions rarely succeed in the first attempt - review

Fawaz Gerges makes a compelling case that political and economic reform has been stifled by several mutually reinforcing factors.

 ANGRY YOUTHS gather in central Cairo in 2012, protesting thenEgyptian president Islamist Mohamed Morsi, near Tahrir Square, the heart of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising that toppled his predecessor, Hosni Mubarak

Health equity report exposes gaps in healthcare between central Israel and the periphery

The district with the highest life expectancy in Israel is Judea and Samaria, followed by the Central district. Meanwhile, the northern and southern districts continue to show the lowest figures.

 Israeli soldiers and medical staff at the underground hospital at the Rambam Hospital in Haifa, on September 22, 2024.

One-in-five Israelis smoke cigarettes, 30% higher than global average, report finds

A first-of-its-kind survey among haredi youth found that 54% of those in high schools and 80% of those in dropout programs have experimented with smoking.

Deep breaths: Smoking pollution in Tel Aviv