We are in a state of lawlessness. "This is an emergency that requires determined steps by the state to root out crime and violence and to prevent the loss of life". This statement, made by President Isaac Herzog, perfectly summarizes the state of affairs in Israel in the wake of the deadly crime plaguing the Arab sector.

There is no point in explaining how dire the situation is. An increasing share of the public feels the state no longer performs the basic duties it has toward its citizens: protecting them and their property.

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This reality has major ramifications nationally and on an individual level: It creates a feeling of lost personal safety and the inability to lead a normal life, while simultaneously undermining Israel's image on the world stage, and creates a basis for the claim that it deliberately discriminates and neglects the Arab community. It also has the effect of pushing the young Arabs into crime families, since they are no longer of the view that the state can provide for their security and protection. The declining personal security has also had the effect of changing how families conduct their day-to-day affairs in the Arab sector. 

Video: The bodies were found by paramedics in a field / Credit: Magen David Adom emergency medical services

The police are not indifferent to the struggles of the public. It is well aware of what is expected of it in terms of providing immediate ways to address things effectively, and despite the scathing criticism it faces, it still has an important role to play. It has been proactive and has been acting with great efforts, but the challenge has become too great and can no longer be dealt with using the conventional tools at its disposal. 

But this reality is not sealed in fate. The state has proved that it knows how to deal with such complex challenges. Here are five decisions that could create a turning point and significantly move the battle against crime forward.

1. Defining the fight against crime as a national mission that is spearheaded by the prime minister: To successfully deal with the challenge, it is vital that the response be part of a multi-agency process synchronized at the national level through various ministries, municipalities, and other relevant bodies. On top of the national security minister, all related ministries should take part in this effort, including the Prime Minister's Office, the Justice Ministry, the Defense Ministry, the Finance Ministry, and the Interior Minister. Having the prime minister lead this effort is crucial not just because of the message this would send, but also to ensure that all the ministries and authorities are involved on a personal level and to integrate the various bodies and apparatuses that are directly subordinate to the prime minister. It would also help cut inter-agency red tape when it comes to making decisions. A holistic, comprehensive, and methodical approach must be taken, and all those involved may be part of the process. Benchmarks, with clear quantitative measures, would be set, as well as a timetable to have them realized, with ongoing oversight by the prime minister and complete transparency to the public to win back its trust and restore its security.
2. Using the Shin Bet security agency to the fullest extent as allowed under the law. Rather than wasting time on redefining the current definitions, it would be best to see what can be done under the current framework, under the loosest possible interpretation. This practical approach will be acceptable for the Shin Bet as well and will allow it to preserve its resources and capabilities, especially in light of the rising threat of terrorism.
3. Using, in a measured and monitored way, administrative detention to deal with the threats to public safety even when this is not terrorist-related. The criticism over using such tools in a democratic society is valid. As is the fear of a slippery slope. But in the grand scheme of things, this is a necessary evil because there is no available alternative for law enforcement when it comes to neutralizing immediate threats. It would be proper to set processes that would let agencies use this tool on a temporary basis, so long as it is within reason and under oversight.
4. Fighting the black market: Dramatic reduction of cash-only transaction. It would be appropriate to task the Finance Ministry to devise a whole host of measures for the immediate and long term in order to bring about a major reduction in such transactions, financial fraud, and money laundering in order to make life harder for crime gangs.
5. Cracking down on arms trafficking and illegal trade of weapons: To do this, Israeli intelligence agencies and interrogation units in the Israel Police must be bolstered, even if that comes at the expense of other efforts. Arms-related felonies should potentially be classified as terrorist-related, which would allow the Shin Bet to get involved in such cases and will bolster deterrence in light of the seriousness such crimes get among law enforcement agencies.

Increasing activity along the abovementioned areas will require an adjustment of the resources and capabilities at the State Attorney's Office, the courts, and the Israel Prison Service, otherwise, each one of those changes could turn out to be a bottleneck and slow down the process, thus hindering the arrival at the desired destination.  

The state of personal security is at a low point, which makes it impossible to wait until the long-term plan is fully implemented. The leaders of the Arab sector today are not only keen to see this through but also insist on having it implemented and are willing to make significant concessions toward this. The state agencies must act in an emergency mode, to build their force on the go, and to take immediate measures in that direction, however imperfect they may be so that the bleeding is stopped and the sense of personal safety is restored.  

Meir Ben Shabbat is head of the Misgav Institute for National Security & Zionist Strategy, in Jerusalem. He served as Israel's national security advisor and head of the National Security Council between 2017 and 2021, and prior to that for 30 years in the General Security Service (the Shin Bet security agency or "Shabak").

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You can't argue with facts. The Arab sector has seen an unprecedented crime wave in recent months: shooting after shooting and murder after murder as crime groups and crime families wage a bloody war that exacts a heavy toll on the Arab residents.

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The public cannot help but feel helpless, and rightly so, as well as disappointed at the campaign promises by National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir – to ensure governance and crack down on crime – that were never kept.

Video: The scene of the quadruple murder in the Israeli Arab town of Abu Snan / Credit: Magen David Adom

Although Ben-Gvir is not responsible for the spiraling crime wave in the Arab sector, as someone who built his entire campaign around a lack of governance, he certainly should be held accountable.

Governance is not something that can be restored by giving interviews to the media, holding press conferences, making empty promises, or bickering with the police commissioner. Rather, it is restored through cooperation between the National Security Ministry and the Isreal Police, as well as other government ministries.

Governance is restored by heeding the advice of professionals, such as Sigal Bar-Zvi, head of Israel Police's operations division, who warned just a few months ago that the Arab sector was collapsing and a state of emergency needed to be declared.

Instead of listening and taking action, it seems that the national security minister was preoccupied with everything but his responsibilities. He argued with Defense Minister Yoav Gallant about IDF activities in Judea and Samaria, which seems to be more important to him than burning issues related to national security.

Already a year ago, the police and security officials determined that crime organizations would most likely try to overtake the authority of Arab localities during municipal elections. And although the writing was on the wall, the national security minister not only did not address the matter but even dismantled the previous government's program aimed at tackling the crime wave.

And although Ben-Gvir does have some achievements, such as securing a hefty budget for the police, the severity of the situation in the Arab sector just cannot be overlooked.

A recent report by State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman linked the inactivity among youths in the Arab sector to its high crime rates. It classified 25% of Arab males and 34% of Arab females as "inactive" – meaning they were neither employed nor studying.

The report also found that alongside an increase in the number of unemployed Arab youth, there was also a staggering 50% rise in crime rates between 2015 and 2021.

The time is long overdue for rapid changes that would prevent criminal organizations from meddling in elections, as well as protect elected officials in the Arab sector who are subjected to pressure from criminal elements.

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Four people were killed in a shootout in the northern Israeli Arab town of Abu Snan, including a mayoral candidate, sending shockwaves through the communities and prompting further criticism of the spiraling crime wave in the Arab sector.

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The four were declared dead at the scene after Magen David Adom paramedics found them in a field. One of the victims was Ghazi Sa'ad, who was running for mayor in the upcoming municipal elections in Abu Snan.

The other three fatalities were later identified as his relatives Zahir al-Din Sa'ab and Amir Sa'ab as well as Salman Halbi from the nearby Yarka Israeli Druze village.

Video: The bodies were found by paramedics in a field / Credit: Magen David Adom emergency medical services

The shooting came just hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again called to involve the Shin Bet security agency in cracking down on violent crimes in the Arab sector, following the killing of Abed Rahman Kashua, the municipal director of the Arab town of Tira, a day earlier.

President Isaac Herzog also commented on the quadruple murder, saying, "Every citizen of the Arab society in Israel lives today in terrible fear, heavy grief, and terrible anxieties. Each of the murdered is a complete world to his family and loved ones.

"This is an emergency that requires determined measures by the state to eradicate crime and violence and prevent the loss of life. My condolences to the grieving families from the last few days – from Tira to Abu Snan," he said.

Officials have long sounded the alarm over the unprecedented crime wave in the Arab sector, with police warning that the violence could overflow to the rest of Israeli society.

Monday's shooting brings the number of deaths linked to criminal violence in Israel's Arab community in 2023 to 156 – over twice as many as in the same period last year.

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Against the backdrop of the alarming crime wave in the Arab sector, police officials expressed concern this week that it may overflow to the rest of Israeli society.

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"The reality is tragic for Israeli society in general and Arab society in particular, and as the police commissioner I am anxious about it, but the anxiety does not paralyze us," Police Commissioner Kobi Shabtai said.

According to one police official, crime has become particularly widespread following the coronavirus pandemic.
"Since COVID, society in general has become more violent, and there has definitely been an increase in the level of violence and the danger is spreading."

Since the beginning of 2023, 102 people have been killed in the Arab sector – nearly three times as many as in the same period last year. The most recent murder victims were five young Arab Israelis, who were gunned down in an Arab town in northern Israel last Thursday.

The spike in violence is attributed to organized crime groups fighting turf battles and trying to kill rivals.

Likud lawmaker Eliyahu Revivo proposed legislation to allow the Shin Bet security agency, which is primarily responsible for counterterrorism and counter-espionage, to become more active in fighting crime in the Arab sector.

The agency and Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara objected to Revivo's proposal, which led to the bill's ultimate rejection by the Ministerial Committee for Legislation.

Shin Bet leaders are reportedly concerned that employing the agency to fight domestic crime would lead to the exposure of its methods, while Baharav-Miara and previous Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit have argued that the Shin Bet can only have a "limited role" in fighting crime.

Arab Israelis have called for the government to take stronger measures against the criminal gangs, but are deeply opposed to the Shin Bet being tasked with fighting crime.

JNS.org contributed to this report.

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As Israel leads the world in the rate of coronavirus vaccination, some of its Arab citizens and Palestinians in east Jerusalem are regarding the shot with suspicion.

In what officials see as a result of misinformation about possible side effects or supposed malicious properties, turnout for vaccines has been low among Arabs, who make up 21% of Israel's population, and Jerusalem Palestinians.

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"I will not be vaccinated because I don't know what is in there. No one explained it to me," said Marouf Alyino of east Jerusalem. "Everyone is looking at Facebook and social media, where we hear about someone dying [after getting vaccinated]."

Israel launched its vaccination drive on Dec. 19 using the Pfizer vaccine. The Health Ministry said on Thursday that 17.5% of the population – 70% of citizens aged 60 or older – had  received their first shots.

Expanding on previous estimates by officials, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said supply agreements with Pfizer meant that all Israelis over the age of 16 would be able to be vaccinated by the end of March, or perhaps even earlier.

One vaccination center, in the northern town of Umm al-Fahm, reported rising attendance by Arab recipients as the vaccination campaign spreads with little news of mishaps.

Center director Farida Mahajneh said turnout was "meagre" when it began operating in late December.

"But today the turnout is increasing day after day among the Arab residents," she said. "People should know that everyone should be vaccinated, and it is safe."

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In the past 24 hours, 13,320 tests have identified 1,102 new coronavirus cases, and as of Monday morning the number of active or symptomatic cases nationwide stood at 20,334.

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A total of 917 patients were hospitalized, 453 of whom were listed in serious condition, down from 458 on Sunday. The number of patients on ventilators jumped to 123. Another 185 hospitalized patients were listed in moderate condition.

Cities designated red under the newly-approved "traffic light" plan included Bnei Brak, Tira, Kafr Qasim, Laqiyya, Maaleh Iron, Ein Mahal, Yakir, Fureidis, Buka'ata, and Bu'eine Nujeidat.

Orange cities included Jerusalem, Ashdod, Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Netanya, Modi'in Illit, and Petah Tikva.

The dedicated coronavirus isolation units at both Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem and Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon were at full capacity. Other units were nearly full. A total of 330 doctors, 590 nurses, and 1,082 members of other medical professions were in quarantine.

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Meanwhile, the Association of Biochemists, Microbiologists, and Laboratory Workers, which on Sunday announced an open-ended strike over employment conditions for laboratory workers in Israel's public health care system said Monday that its representatives would come back to the negotiating table at the request of Health Ministry Director General Professor Hezi Levy.

Levy contacted the union before departing for Abu Dhabi on Monday with the rest of the Israeli-US delegation.

"The director-general promised that the Health Ministry would mediate and play a more active part in contact with the Treasury to lead to a change in how the Treasury treats us, and to help our meetings take place in a more reasonable, positive atmosphere," the lab workers' union said.

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"[Youth movements] Hashomer Hatzair and Mapam would initiate joint activities for Arabs and Jews, and the parties told us, let's think about what we want and dream of. But when the election was over, the dreams would end, too, at least until the next election," he says.

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Fifty-two years later, at the end of a historic week of political involvement by Israeli Arabs, Abu Shakra is more sober. As the founder and director of the Umm al-Fahm art gallery, and one who is considered a leading figure in building bridges between Arabs and Jews, he has spent years on the Sisyphean task of encouraging the Arab sector to take part in Israeli civil life.

Although he is criticized for it, Abu Shakra insists on maintaining close ties with the Israeli establishment, and in turn, receives its support.

"They know that I'm fighting for funding for something that's important to all of us. There's no [public] school that doesn't get money from the Education Ministry," he says.

He says that most of his critics come from the Arab and Palestinian world outside Israel.

"When I tried to find US donors for the gallery and I'd show them catalogs, some would ask me why they were written in Hebrew, too, rather than Arabic only? I told them I live in Israel, study here and eat here, so it was obvious that I would know the language. The funding from Israeli institutions reflects my real battle for rights."

Abu Shakra doesn't ascribe the Joint Arab List's electoral achievement – 13 seats – to its politicians, but rather to the Arab public.

"The parties didn't say anything. It was the voters who told the politicians – we want political involvement, and want to be part of the decisions, the debates, and the future of this place. The Arab public wants to see itself an inseparable part of what happens in Israel."

Q: Would you like to see the Joint Arab List join the government? Get a ministerial portfolio?

"I always wanted to see a minister from the Joint Arab List or from an Arab party. Today I'm saying what I've always said – if you don't want to be part of the solution, you'll always be part of the problem. And to be part of the solution you need to be on the inside, work, do things, and make decisions. You can't be part of all that if you stay on the sidelines."

Abu Shakra thinks that the reality is changing.

"Today, no one can shove the Arab public aside and ignore its existence. It's a very important community in Israel, one in which changes are constantly taking place. It's becoming more varied and more educated. We aren't satisfied with being part of the final product. We want to take part in the process of development, which will eventually benefit us, too."

Q: So is the Arab sector conducting some introspection?

"We are learning from the mistakes of the past. We've never taken responsibility for our failures or for our future."

'A cup of coffee solves anything'

Last month, Abu Shakra, born in October 1956, was awarded the Shulamit Aloni Prize for artists with links to Arab culture and the Arabic language who promote human rights, social justice, and coexistence. He was born and raised in Umm al-Fahm, in a family who has been here for generations. He studied art at Beit Berl College and in addition to his artistic endeavors served as a police commander and did outreach with youth at risk.

He comes from a prominent artistic family. His older brother Walid, who passed away a month ago, wrote mainly in English. His middle brother Farid is a noted painter. His cousin Assam, who died of cancer in 1990 when he was only 29, is considered a groundbreaking artist. The gallery he founded in Umm al-Fahm 25 years ago now includes four floors, including 1,500 square meters of exhibit space, archives, and research rooms, as well as modest accommodations for artists showing at the gallery.

When he shows the work at the gallery, which now represents Jewish artists as well, such as Efrat Galnoor or Dubi Harel alongside Palestinian artists like Issam Darawshe and Saher Miari, Abu Shakra is as excited as a boy.

He proudly shows a piece by "the artist-builder" Miari, which features a concrete wall that looks like it was removed from a bomb shelter alongside buckets of cement rubble. The piece expresses "the lack of security of the Palestinian, who builds shelters for Jews."

He jumps to a piece by Micha Ullman, which features a mound of packed, dark brown earth in the shape of a volcano, sitting on top of a glass.

"I brought Micha this earth from the lands of the village al-Lajjun, where the Megiddo Regional Council now sits," he says.

"Once, all this land belonged to people from Umm al-Fahm and they would go out to work it. In 1948, when there was a battle there, Mom waited for Dad and made him food. When people started to flee en masse, the only thing she was worried about was whether Dad's food would stay warm, so she wrapped it in a blanket and left it in a corner, thinking that they would be back in an hour or two to eat. But they never went back. When Micha put this piece on display, we said that one of its messages is that even though the land around it is shaking, there is nothing a cup of coffee can't solve."

He was inspired to open the gallery in Tel Aviv after the death of his cousin Assam rocked the family.

"Assam, who was five years younger than me, was known for his paintings of cactuses, which became a recurring, obsessive theme in his work. After he died, the Helena Rubenstein Pavilion in Tel Aviv put on a solo show of his work, and people came by bus from Umm al-Fahm to see it. I thought, why not in my town? I had to wait for Tel Aviv to show my work, and that bothered me. So I decided to open a gallery."

The gallery, which is run as a non-profit organization and represents Palestinian, Jewish, and international artists, plays a major part in community life. It hosts ceramics workshops and a photo archive of the residents of Umm al-Fahm and Wadi Ara that includes some 600 videotaped interviews, 800 photo portraits, and thousands of images of landscapes, homes, and other places in Umm al-Fahm and Wadi Ara that were collected all over the world.

'We're still a marginalized society'

Abu Shakra says that his main goal is that "the gallery not display my weakness, but my pride – and I can't be a proud person if I'm weak or a victim. I told myself that the gallery would prove that I'm not another victim in Israel, but someone who can carry himself with pride and personal strength. The way I see it, Jews no longer want to pet the poor Arabs and the Arabs aren't willing to be wretched and weak. Those who wanted us to be water carriers now see us as doctors and lawyers. Both the Jews and the Arabs agree that if we treat each other as equals, change can come."

Q: Some see that as less legitimate, such as your cousin, Sheikh Raed Salah, leader of the outlawed Northern Branch of the Islamic Movement.

"I don't want to defend him, but his trial has been going on for four years, and I haven't seen or heard him calling for the destruction of Israel. There are various interpretations to what he says. What is a shahid [martyr]? Anyone who falls in battle is called a shahid, and so is anyone who is killed in a car accident on his way to work. I think the Arab population in Israel is under too much attack. Our leaders are subject to very crude treatment. Long ago, we were targeted, and if that target is erased, things can work out."

Q: It also has to do with the vast differences in how violence is handled. 68 people have been murdered in the Arab sector since the start of this year, seven this past week. How do you 'erase the target' when it comes to an issue like that?

"Violence is Arab society is a very serious problem, but it always has been – it's just that it was ignored for years. It was easier to say, like [TV host] Yaron London did, that Israeli Arabs are 'wild' or decide they were born that way instead of saying that the role of society is to place boundaries and educate the "feral."

"Israeli law enforcement doesn't put enough emphasis on giving Israeli Arabs boundaries. It's unacceptable that a person who owns an illegal weapon and can kill people with it is released on recognizance. Murders cannot go unsolved. We're still a problematic marginalized society, one that is poor and orphaned, so the solution people find for themselves is to become henchmen for criminals and even hit men. Israel, as a state, has to wield an iron fist and strike a harsh blow against anyone who breaks the law and behaves violently."

Abu Shakra's next big dream is to open an art museum in Umm al-Fahm. Plans are already underway.

"It will combine free art for the entire population and display high-quality art from the collection the gallery has built up. The museum will be Israel's first home for Palestinian, Israel, and international culture.

"By nature, I'm an optimist who believes in the power of culture and art to overcome humans' emotional obstacles. Every person carries fears and hesitations, and I respect those. A meeting has the power to break down those fears and give people the sense of connection and respect.

"The gallery, and later on the museum, address problematic subjects at Israel's core. Because we address them correctly, the Jewish visitors who come are given a chance to look at me as an equal, with all that entails. To see me when I'm in pain and when I'm happy, when things are tough for me and I'm scared, and when I'm hopeful. To discover who I am."

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Despite the chilling predictions that the Arab sector would see even lower voter turnout than it did in the election for the 20^th Knesset (under 50%), it was clear starting early Tuesday that Arabs were showing up to vote. Long lines could be seen at polling stations in Arab communities from the North to the Negev.

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While many Arab voters admitted freely that they had been encouraged by the reunification of the Joint Arab List, they were mainly encouraged to vote by a campaign that they said put anti-Arab incitement in the center of public discourse, and tried to characterize the sector as working to "steal" the election.

After its success in the election, the Joint Arab List faces a number of major challenges. First and foremost, the Arab Israeli public expects the Joint list to work on behalf of its constituency.

The Joint Arab List will be the party mainly responsible for addressing crime, illegal weapons, and murder in the Arab sector, as well as poverty and strengthening the Arab school system, and adding classrooms and clinics in Arab communities and mixed cities.

The Arab public truly feels that Tuesday was a historic day, one that will change the political map in Israel.

However, many wonder if the Joint Arab List will be able to channel its electoral success into political achievements that benefit the Arab sector, or whether its representatives will get bogged down in political battles and conflicting interests between the members of the four parties that comprise the list: Hadash, Ta'al, Ra'am, and Balad.

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Fighting for political survival after an inconclusive ballot in April, the right-wing Netanyahu has made voter fraud a key issue in his campaign for a fifth term, cautioning that victory could be stolen from him in what polls show to be a close race.

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On election days in Israel, representatives of most parties sit at venues to check the pre-vote identification process. Voters are then handed an envelope and go behind a screen to cast their ballot in private.

Addressing his cabinet on Sunday, Netanyahu said that under the legislation, which will go to parliament for approval before the Sept. 17 election, monitors will be able to use their cellular telephone cameras to record outside the actual voting booth.

"Everyone films," Netanyahu said in public remarks at the meeting. "Any shop is filmed by cameras, so the polling stations are the only places where you can't film?"

In his comments to the cabinet, which government officials said approved the legislation unanimously, Netanyahu pledged: "The secrecy of the vote will be strictly preserved."

Ayman Odeh, head of the Arab Joint List, said on Twitter that Netanyahu's focus on the issue of voter fraud was aimed at "triggering a panic vote" by his supporters on the right and "suppressing the Arab vote."

"[Netanyahu] is preparing the ground for the day he declares, 'Arabs have stolen the elections,' and contests the results if he loses," Odeh said.

Yair Lapid, co-leader of the center-left Blue and White Party, which is running neck-and-neck with Likud in polls, alluded to the impact the deployment of cameras might have on Arab voter turnout, describing the bill as "racist" in comments on Twitter.

The bill was also opposed by Supreme Court Justice Hanan Melcer, head of the Central Election Committee, which oversees the vote, who said the last-minute introduction of cameras might "lead to chaos."

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit also came out against the legislation, saying it could violate laws ensuring voters' privacy.

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