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“I condemn the acts of murder and violence in Arab society,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted Oct. 6, after a long silence over the recent surge of violence in Arab communities. With more than 70 murders since the start of the year and over 1,300 since the year 2000, Israel’s 21% Arab minority has had enough, and masses came out to protest police inaction Oct. 4.
Ninety-five percent of shooting incidents in Israel occur in the Arab society, as do nearly 60% of the murders. From this, we get a troubling picture of the point to which Arab Israeli society has sunk.
