Violence in Israel’s Arab sector claims 111 lives since early 2020
Violence in Israel’s Arab sector claims 111 lives since early 2020
“Arab society is literally bleeding and nothing is being done,” says Knesset Higher Arab Monitoring Committee chair Mansour Abbas.
By Daniel Siryoti
Knesset member Mansour of the Ra'am Party addresses Parliament on Yom Hashoah, April 21, 2020. Source: Twitter.
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(December 20, 2020 / Israel Hayom) The Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel this weekend called an emergency meeting over the spike in violence in the sector with 111 murders having taken place since early 2020.
Since the beginning of the year, 95 Arab men have been killed, 70 of them in incidents involving gun violence. Sixteen Arab women were murdered by their spouses or relatives. Rallies have been scheduled for this week to raise awareness of the crisis, as the committee demands government action.