When Israeli Arabs go to the polls this month in national elections, the most pressing issue they want addressed by leaders is neither the peace process nor the economy. In the last four years, the homicide rate in Israeli Arab communities has jumped 50%, vaulting violent crime – and the muted police response to it – to voters’ top concern by far. Heavily armed crime organizations are blamed for the violence. But overall, experts say, the rise in crime is a product of several factors, including a decadeslong lack of investment in Arab communities that has led to disproportionately high ...