Israel murder rate

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.

 Police at the scene where five people were shot dead in the Arab Town of Yafa an-Naseriyye, northern Israel, June 8, 2023
 Zvi Kogan, an Israeli rabbi, stands outside a supermarket, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 18, 2024, in this screen grab obtained from a social media video.

Murder in Dubai: How the murder of a Chabad rabbi reverberates regionally - analysis

 National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, on September 11, 2024

Murder cases double, percentage of solved cases decreases under Ben-Gvir

 UNREST IN Sheikh Jarrah: Should it be the focal point of Arab society in Jerusalem?  (Pictured: Police clash with Palestinians during a protest in the neighborhood, January 20).

Three out of four murder victims in Israel are Arab, police data reveals


Ra'am's Abbas proposes parliamentary investigation into surging crime in Arab sector

"The number of murder cases leaped disproportionally in the past year, as a result of a prime minister whose only interest is to remain in power, and a failing, incapable, and racist minister."

 MK Mansour Abbas, leader of the United Arab List (Ra’am).

Homicides in Israeli Arab societies rising at unprecedented rate - study

The study stated that within Israeli Arab society, there were 233 in the last year, which is more than double in 2022 - which was 109.

 Members of the Arab community march as they protest against the violence in their community, in the northern Israeli city of Haifa. August 31, 2023

Israeli man indicted for hiring hitman to ‘honor kill’ lesbian sister

Sarit, an 18-year-old girl from the Druze town of Kisra-Sumei, was threatened for years before her murder due to her sexual orientation. 

A social media photo of Sarit Ahmad, who was killed at the age of 18.

Four murdered this weekend, with 150 murdered in Arab sector this year

The deaths mark the 150th Arab sector murder since the beginning of 2023, according to the Abraham Initiative.

 MDA ambulance and medics (illustrative).

Decaying dead body found in Haifa building

The body will be transferred for forensic investigation to a facility in Tel Aviv, which also investigated the cause of death for victims of the Mount Meron incident in 2021.

 Police at the scene of a shooting in Qalansawe, June 2023

Giora Perry convicted of wife's murder after four years

Perry, now nearly 70, was apprehended by police in 2019 after his car flipped over several hours after his wife’s body was discovered.

Giora Praff Perry, suspected of murdering his wife, Esti Ahronovitz

‘It’s North Korea’: Arab Israelis condemn Shin Bet plan to combat crime

Human and civil rights organizations criticized the agency’s involvement even further.

 MEMBERS OF the Arab community protest against the violence in their community, outside of the Knesset last month.

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.

 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.

 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.

 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.

 A police car at night.