The Power of Positive Education
While polls taken shortly after the October 7, 2023 massacres indicated a shockingly high level of support for Hamas’ actions throughout the Arab world, an opposite trend emerged in Israeli Arab society. Not only did 80% oppose the massacres, but also 75% expressed willingness to personally aid the injured victims. (...
Arab Israeli Murder Rates Surge Despite Government Pledges
The murder epidemic in Israeli Arab society is continuing unabated. After a slight drop in the number of Israeli Arab murder victims in 2022 (116 as compared to 126 the previous year), the numbers have skyrocketed. 244 Arab Israeli citizens were murdered in 2023, and 227 more were killed in 2024. This year, another 198 have been murdered as of...
Muslim Arab Family Discusses Death of Son at the Hands of Hamas
The family of Suhayb Razeem, a Muslim Arab bus driver who was kidnapped by Hamas and killed on October 7, 2023, has recently spoken to the media for the first time. “I can’t make sense of how this disaster happened,” said Suhayb’s father, Mohammed. “My mind can’t take it in. It’s like a dream, and I haven’t woken up from it yet.” For the full...
17 Murders in Israeli Arab Sector in June
At least 17 Israeli Arabs were murdered in June, mostly in northern Israel. In the first five months of 2022, the murder rate in Israeeli Arab society was lower than in the same period in 2021. Since the beginning of the year 47 Arab citizens of Israel have been murdered. Only eight of these cases have thus far been solved.
Mothers’ March for Life
On Aug. 18th a five-day march against violence within Israeli-Arab society culminated in a meeting with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin. The marchers included mothers and a sister of four young people who were killed in recent months: Khalil Khalil, 28, of Haifa; Arub Habiballah, 16, of Nazareth; Saad Jabali of Taibeh; Khaled Walid Ja’u of Umm...
PMW Continues to Counteract Incitement by PA
On May 8th Israeli newspapers published a report by “Palestinian Media Watch” that the Palestinian Authority is seeking to conceal its payments to terrorist murderers from European donors. Previous PMW reports had led to pressure on the European Union to prohibit using its funds to pay the imprisoned terrorists.
Digital Demonstration against the Murder of Women
On March 22, during the Coronavirus closures, more than a thousand people participated in a virtual demonstration against “the virus of the killing of women” in Israeli Arab society and in Israel in general. The demonstrators wore masks, prepared signs, and brandished them on their balconies and/or posted pictures of them on their Facebook...
Prayer for the Welfare of the Chinese People
Hundreds of Jews, undeterred by heavy rains, congregated at the Western Wall on February 16 th to pray for an end to the spread of the Corona virus in China and for the welfare of the Chinese people. The event included the blowing of the shofar, prayer readings in Chinese, and the singing of the liturgical petition “tehe hasha’a hazot sh’at...
Netanyahu Claims: No More Indifference to Crime in Arab Villages
While visiting the site of the Dizengoff Street terror shooting perpetrated by Arara resident Nashat Milhem, Prime Minister Netanyahu said on January 2nd that the days of lax gun enforcement in Arab villages, of a "state within a state" are over. The Vayigash website has consistently reported warnings by Israeli Arabs that the unchecked and...
Chabad Rabbi: Pray for Enemies to Live and Become Your Friends
Senior Chabad Rabbi Tzvi Freeman, basing himself on the teachings of the Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Schneerson,writes that we should not pray for our enemies to die but rather for them to repent and become our friends. Read Full Article
Bin'e Residents After Double Murder: Where Are Police?
After the murder of a fifty year old man and his twenty-five year old son as they sat in their car on September 17th, residents of the Galilee village of Bin'e are accusing the police failing to protect them. Police believe the victims are the latest result of an intra-family feud which had already led to the death of four other relatives in the...
Mother of Five from Shefaram Arrested On Way to Joining ISIS
Iman Kanji, a mother of five from Shefaram in the Galilee, was indicted on September 20th after she attempted to join up with ISIS in Syria. Kanji stated she wanted to give Sharia lessons to the ISIS forces in order to better their prospects for success. Neighbors say she is from a respected and normative family in Shefaram, and that her husband...
Anett Haskia: MK from "Jewish Home" Party?
Anett Haskia, an Arab Muslim, hopes to represent the "Jewish Home" party in the next Knesset. Haskia, who defines herself as an Israeli Zionist, is campaigning for a realstic slot in the "Jewish Home" primaries on Jauary 15th. If elected, she would be the first Muslim MK in a right-wing party. Haskia is a social activist working to fight...
Short Term Anti-Incitement Campaign Pays Off
Short-Term Anti-Incitement Campaign Pays Off Pursuing Peace Means Fighting Incitement By Reuven Resnick The horrific attack on worshippers at a West Jerusalem synagogue on Novemebr 18th was the sixth Palestinian terrorist act against Jews in the periods of a month. However, it was the first one to be condemned by PA Chairman Mahmud Abbas (Abu...
We Won the Battle. How Do We Win the War?
Hamas’ muted response to last week’s announcement that Egypt was postponing the post-war ceasefire talks was yet another reminder that Hamas not only lost “Protective Edge,” they capitulated. Hamas had promised, repeatedly and explicitly, to continue the war until Israel met its demands: a release of prisoners who had recently been re-arrested,...
Ya'alon: Palestinian Education System Preventing Real Peace
While Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu tied the recent fatal terror attack at a Jerusalm light rail station to inciteful statements by PA Chairman Abu Mazen, Defense Minister Ya'alon blamed it and other terror on the Palestinian educational system as a whole. Speaking in Washington DC, Ya'alon said: "Why did this happen? It happened because in PA...
Local Arab Leaders: Israel Ignoring Crime Plague in Our Villages
On September 21st Arab-Israeli leaders, in a demonstration in Jerusalem, demanded that Israeli society stop neglecting the issue of crime in Arab municipalities. Calling the growing "culture of crime" an epidemic, they called for confiscation of illegal weapons and punishments which will actually deter potential offenders. 60% of all reported...
Scores of Israeli Arabs Have Joined ISIS in Syria or Iraq
Approximately 20-30 Israeli Arabs are now counted among the thousands of young Muslims from over 80 countries who have joined the ranks of ISIS in Syria and Iraq. This phenomenon is causing heated controversy in Israeli Arab society and is said to be dividing entire families. The Israeli defense establsihment denies charges that it should be...
The curious Israeli half-battle against ‘Palestinian incitement’
Netanyahu warns repeatedly that Palestinian children being taught to hate Israel ‘lays the groundwork’ for continued terrorism. Therefore, some people are perplexed that he isn't reviving the joint panel designed to counter the hateful incitement. Read Article in the Times of Israel
Natalie Portman joins Israeli initiative to help Syrian women and children
Operation Human Warmth, Natalie Portman helps. The initiative is being led by Israeli youth group Hanoar Haoved Vehalomed, educational group Dror-Israel, and humanitarian organization Israeli Flying Aid. Read Article in the Jerusalem Post
Bnei Akivah youth chapters throughout Israel conducted prayers for the well-being of the Syrian people
Bnei Akivah youth chapters throughout Israel conducted prayers for the well-being of the Syrian people. Read Article in Arutz Sheva (Hebrew)
Rabbi Chaim Navon writes about need to pray for Syrian people.
Rabbi Chaim Navon writes about need to pray for Syrian people. Read Article in Ynet (Hebrew)
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Lau writes about the need to stop the slaughter in Syria.
Former Chief Rabbi of Israel Lau writes about the need to stop the slaughter in Syria. Read Article in Ynet (Hebrew)
Religious Zionist Rabbi Uri Chorki writes of Israel’s sin of neglecting the religious needs of gentile nations.
Religious Zionist Rabbi Uri Chorki writes of Israel’s sin of neglecting the religious needs of gentile nations. Read Article in Tzohar (Hebrew)
Western Countries Are Funding the Incubators of Terrorism
MK Yoni Chetboun, panel of experts claim that UNRWA has a direct hand in Palestinian Arab incitement against Israel. Specific Israelis take active step to try to reduce UNWRA incitement in Palestinian refugee camps. Read Article in Arutz Sheva