The numbers are astounding. In 2021, 106 Arab Israeli citizens were murdered, compared to only 38 Jewish citizens. Arabs in Israel constitute 20% of the population, so the relative rate of murders in the Arab community in Israel is 15 times greater than in the Jewish community. Another very significant difference is the rate of solved murders. In the Jewish community the police succeed in solving 66% of murder cases compared to only 24% in the Arab community.
The plague of violence and murders in the Arab community stems from several factors, including poverty, the availability of weapons, a limited capacity for enforcement and policing, socio-economic gaps and unavailability of credit lines that has led to loans on the black market among criminal organizations.
