Israel murder rate

Police arrest suspect over double murder of mother, son in Yokne’am Illit

The suspect, whose name is under a gag order, is believed to have killed a mother and her son in their apartment in Yokne’am Illit.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israel Police during operation in Israel's North to thwart murder attempts, April 27, 2025. (Ilustrative)
A protestor carries a poster during a demonstration to protest against femicide, sexual violence and all gender-based violence ahead of the International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women, in Valletta, Malta November 23, 2025.

Femicide in Israel: Man indicted for burning ex-wife to death after months of threats

On November 10, prosecutors claimed that Mahamid ambushed A. while she drove home from her work in Harish. He allegedly doused his ex-wife and her car in gasoline before setting it alight.

|ByDANIELLE GREYMAN-KENNARD
BEFORE HER father, Vendyl Jones, died in 2010, Sarah Richardson would help him on archaeological digs. This past May, she was murdered by her son, Joel, in yet another femicide in Israel.

Israel's concerning new femicide problem: Sons murdering their mothers - opinion

One-third of all femicides in Israel were later found to be matricides.

|BySHALVA WEIL
Police at the scene where five people were shot dead in the Arab Town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, northern Israel, June 8, 2023

Arab-Israeli murder rate third highest in developed world

The difference in murder rates between Jews and Arabs in Israel in 2023 is about 60% greater than the difference in murder rates between black and white communities in the US.

|ByYUVAL BARNEA

Israelis, Palestinians clash in eastern Jerusalem, eight arrested

Additionally, two suspects were arrested in the Old City after they reportedly attacked civilians and Israeli forces with pepper spray.

MAY 19, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A general view shows The Dome of the Rock in the Al-Aqsa compound also known to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old city as Israel marks Jerusalem Day, in Jerusalem May 18, 2023

Murders in Arab sector a 'national plague', Herzog says

"This is civil terror – yes, civil terror – that is threatening us all, and we all must come together against it immediately," President Herzog said.

MAY 8, 2023ByELIAV BREUER
Aftermath of a shooting incident near Gan Ner, May 6, 2023.

Six dead, five more injured in another violent 24 hours across Israel

Four men were murdered and five injured in separate violent incidents in Holon, Nazareth, Kalansuwa and Tel Sheva.

MAY 3, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
THE MDA response was quick and the ER care was state-of-the-art. However, the care on the floor after admission was not up to modern medical standards, says the writer.

Man arrested, suspect of seriously injuring wife in Kafr Bara

The woman was evacuated to hospital in serious condition with a head injury.

APRIL 28, 2023ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A police car at night.

27-year-old man shot near Kibbutz Reim, next to Gaza Strip

The murder was the fourth to occur in the country in 48 hours.

DECEMBER 24, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF, MAARIV ONLINE
Police operate at a crime scene in Nazareth, December 2022.

Is Israel really a safe country?

An examination of police statistics, comparison with other countries, and local opinions show how secure Israelis truly are.

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022ByROMAN MEITAV
IN JERUSALEM: ‘Here I feel safer when walking around outside.’

Israeli-Arabs are entitled to law and order

The Israeli government must act against the fear of violence and crime that hangs over majority Israeli-Arab towns.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021ByDALIA FEDILA, TONY NASSER
Israeli police at a temporary checkpoint in Gilboa area, as they search for the six Palestinian fugitives who escaped from a high security prison in Northern Israel yesterday. September 7, 2021.

Jerusalem woman killed amid upsurge in violent crime in Arab sector

Takruri is the 35th victim of violent crime in the Arab sector since the beginning of 2021. She is the second woman murdered since the beginning of this year.

APRIL 18, 2021ByKHALED ABU TOAMEH
Aerial view of east Jerusalem

38-year-old woman murdered in Tira, masked assailant managed to flee

This is not the first attempt at Sura Mansour's life; her car was set aflame one month prior to her murder in what was suspected to be arson and an attempted threat to her life.

APRIL 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A protest against the rising crime and violence in the Arab sector in Israel, Jaffa, Saturday, February 6, 2021.

Editor's Notes: Enough with the murder on Arab streets

OCTOBER 4, 2019ByYAAKOV KATZ
Ayman Odeh (C) prays at the funeral of the brothers killed this week in Majd el-Kurum.