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Chief of Police Kobi Shabtai (Flash90) “We will transform this place into a Garden of Eden, into the symbol of coexistence between Arabs and Jews,” he concluded. “We will set aside the violence of those extremists, since most of the population was not part of that cycle.” Public Security Minister Amir Ohana subsequently criticized the “outrageous remark by the commissioner that should not have been said.” “In order to deal with the problem, one must acknowledge what it is: Arab ri...

Play audio 1XChange playback rate from 1 to 1 Mute audio The current spate of attacks, which coincided with the beginning of Arab-Jewish clashes during Ramadan, intensified following the beginning of hostilities between Israel and Hamas. Journalists have been attacked while covering riots, rocket strikes and other events connected with the conflict. Last Thursday, Kan reporter Yoav Zehavi and cameraman Rolan Novitzky were beaten by far-right Jews in Tel Aviv while reporting on Jewish retaliator...

AP Photo/Ariel Schalit Last summer, as riots and political violence erupted on American streets, gun sales and concealed carry applications spiked dramatically, and have yet to return to pre-2020 levels. When our own sense of personal safety becomes threatened, it’s human nature to think more about protecting ourselves and our loved ones, and we’re seeing the same phenomenon at work in Israel right now, where applications for carry licenses have jumped by 700% over the past week. According...

Jewish Ledger Israel Under Fire Netanyahu: Israel to continue Gaza operation until ‘security of our people is restored’ (JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night vowed that the country’s military operation against terrorist groups in the Gaza Strip would continue until the security of Israel’s citizens had been restored. The Israeli premier also condemned the violent anti-Jewish pogroms in multiple cities across the country, as well as the ...

Follow May. 20, 2021 The riots in the mixed and Arab cities have increased the sense of insecurity among many in Israel, and as a result, their desire to arm themselves has also increased. Last week, 1,926 Jewish citizens applied for gun licenses – seven times more than the weekly average. This is a very worrisome figure, which shows first and foremost that the police have failed to give people security. Their fear is understandable. The reports of events in Lod, Ramle, Acre, Jaffa and other ...

184 shares Israeli Arabs protest against violence, organized crime and recent killings in their communities, in the Arab town of Majd al-Krum in northen Israel on October 3, 2019. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP) Arab Israeli cities and towns have experienced a massive surge in violent crime in the past several years, with over 9,200 shooting incidents and nearly 100 deaths recorded in 2019, according to a state comptroller report released on Tuesday that harshly criticized police for a string of e...

Goodbye coexistence? Israels Jewish-Arab relationships up in flames Photos: Flash 90 With reporting by Yonaton Birnbaum It was a night of flames that no one from Lod, a mixed Jewish-Arab city near Tel Aviv, will forget in a hurry. As the sirens wailed last Tuesday and passersby ran for cover, the sky was alight with dueling Qassam rockets and Iron Dome interceptors, and the earth burned with the light of torched cars as an Arab mob rampaged. “My hometown has turned into a battlefield” was t...

Tue May 18, 2021 Political maneuvering rather than security considerations has occupied the Israeli Knesset (parliament) in recent years, certainly as it applies to Gaza. The Israeli government worked on arrangements of a long term quiet with Hamas in exchange for Israel easing up on the Gaza blockade and other concessions, including allowing Qatari money to reach Hamas. Israel’s attention was focused on four rounds of elections, with attempts to form coalition governments, a task no...

The display of unadulterated Jew-hatred shown by a large number of Israels Arab residents during the past week - provoking equally-condemnatory retaliatory responses by Jewish individuals - can only be dealt with and eradicated by a strong Israeli Government. Israels current caretaker government headed by Likuds leader - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu - and Blue and Whites leader - Defence Minister Benny Gantz - has shown it is more than capable of dealing with its arch Jew-hating neighbour ...

While some blame can be laid at the feet of Netanyahu and Hamas, for Palestinians and Israelis, ethnic violence isn't temporary. It's a cyclical state of being.