At least 155 Arab citizens have died this year in violence largely attributed to organized crime. Some say the government has not done enough to stop the killing.
At least 155 Arab citizens of Israel have been killed by members of their own community so far in 2023, double or even triple the number of such homicides for similar periods in recent years, according to official data and the Abraham Initiatives, a Jewish-Arab advocacy and monitoring group.
Ongoing violent crime in Israel's Arab community has killed over 100 people in 2023. With unemployment growing and guns ubiquitous, many fear the situation is worsening.