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A Palestinian citizen stands before Israeli police forces during a demonstration in the city of Umm al-Fahm, October 2010. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

To reduce crime, the police need the trust of Arab citizens

The rising violence in Israel’s Arab society hurts citizens and limits their ability to develop economically. But the police are unlikely to adequately address crime rates in Arab towns if they cannot work in cooperation with the local population. By Thabet Abu Ras and Amnon Be’eri Sulitzeanu Of all the murder victims in Israel in 2016, 70 were Arab…

By +972 Magazine January 10, 2018

The tragedy and threat of African refugees in Israel

With at least 60,000 now in the country and 2,000 to 3,000 more coming every month, African refugees, for all the trauma they have been through, are unassimilable in this country. The first in a three-part series. On Friday, with the headlines screaming of Eritreans raping a 15-year-old Israeli girl, I went with a photographer friend to the Hatikva neighborhood in…

By Larry Derfner May 20, 2012