—no count
24 OctLife
Nour Abbas of Deir Hanna went from bus driver to heavy-truck driver
The 32-year-old mother of two is one of very few Arab women in the trade.
Bokra, 24 Oct.
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Every entry, by day
The register in the order it was kept: newest day first, each day with its folio number.
Saturday 24 October 2026
Folio 297 · 1 entry
Friday 23 October 2026
Folio 296 · 3 entries
186count on the day
23 OctPolice
Count reaches 186 after an 81-year-old is shot dead in Shefa-Amr
The Abraham Initiatives' tally of Arab citizens and residents killed this year rose to 186 after Ibrahim Bashkar died of gunshot wounds.
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23 OctElection
Final polls give the two Arab lists between 14 and 16 seats
All three TV polls put the Joint List at 9; Ra'am ranges from 5 to 7, and neither bloc reaches 61.
Times of Israel, 24 Oct and 1 more.
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23 OctLife
Sakhnin school tops national table for excellence matriculation, 82.4%
103 of 125 graduates of al-Bashaer school earned the distinguished certificate, ministry data show.
Bokra, 23 Oct and 1 more.
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Thursday 22 October 2026
Folio 295 · 4 entries
184count on the day
22 OctPolice
Police say murders in Arab society fell about 14% this year
Commissioner Danny Levy called the figures the best in three years, but the statement gave no underlying numbers.
184count on the day
22 OctGovernment
Smotrich's party says 800 families signed up for new Negev and Galilee towns
Religious Zionism says the plan for 40 new towns aims to add a million Jews and to cancel approved plans in Arab towns.
—no count
22 OctRights
Authorities demolish a wedding hall in Deir Hanna days before the vote
Police sealed off the area while bulldozers took down the hall, said to be built without a permit.
Bokra, 22 Oct.
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22 OctElection
Supreme Court bars party observers from sending live voter counts
Polling-station members may not digitally tally who has voted and pass it to parties in real time.
Bokra, 22 Oct and 1 more.
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Wednesday 21 October 2026
Folio 294 · 2 entries
184count on the day
21 OctCourts
Life sentence for man who set Rafe Harsha alight in his bed in Maisar
The Haifa court also ordered the maximum NIS 258,000 compensation to the victim's son.
—no count
21 OctElection
Pollsters expect Arab turnout near 63%, well up on 2022
Stat-Net forecasts 63%; Maariv's poll found intent to vote among Arab-party supporters up to 81%.
Times of Israel, 21 Oct and 2 more.
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Tuesday 20 October 2026
Folio 293 · 1 entry
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20 OctRights
Second family in days demolishes its own home in Umm al-Fahm
Saeed Ighbariya tore down his house in al-Ayoun before bulldozers arrived, to avoid the state's bill.
Bokra, 20 Oct and 1 more.
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Monday 19 October 2026
Folio 292 · 3 entries
184count on the day
19 OctPolice
Two relatives arrested over the June killing of Asma Abu Ghanem, 19, in Ramla
The arrests come about four months after she was killed in the Jawarish neighbourhood.
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19 OctRights
Four Arab women students doused with drinks and called 'terrorists' in Jerusalem
The students, from Tayibe, Qalansawe and Baqa al-Gharbiya, say the attack was filmed for social media.
Bokra, 19 Oct.
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19 OctElection
Anonymous campaign against Ra'am traced to firms tied to Channel 14's owner
FakeReporter says billboards and Arabic polling link to companies of Yitzhak Mirilashvili.
Bokra, 19 Oct.
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Sunday 18 October 2026
Folio 291 · 2 entries
184count on the day
18 OctGovernment
Interior Ministry keeps al-Qaisoum council head, replaces members with appointed panel
The council failed to pass its 2026 budget; the ministry blamed the opposing members rather than chairman Jabr Abu Kaf.
184count on the day
18 OctProtest
Students stop Ben Gvir from speaking at Tel Aviv University
Dozens from the Standing Together campus cell stood on chairs and chanted until he could not deliver his speech.
Saturday 17 October 2026
Folio 290 · 2 entries
184count on the day
17 OctProtest
At Haifa rally, protesters call for Arab and Jewish turnout on 27 October
The anti-government demonstration at Horev Centre featured Ehud Olmert and bereaved families.
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17 OctLife
Arab citizens still under 2% of hi-tech workers, Hasoub chairman says
Ayman Saif told the group's annual conference the path to the industry is still long.
Bokra, 17 Oct.
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Thursday 15 October 2026
Folio 288 · 3 entries
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15 OctRights
Twenty-year-old demolition orders in Tayibe scheduled for election day
Attorney Qais Nasser says the State Comptroller's office is examining the timing.
Bokra, 15 Oct.
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15 OctElection
Democrats pledge NIS 1 billion a year against crime and a demolitions freeze
At a Nazareth event the party said it would seek the internal security portfolio.
Bokra, 15 Oct.
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15 OctLife
Arabic speakers are 23% of first graders; Shoresh warns on education gaps
Arabic-speaking pupils scored below every OECD country in PISA 2025, the institute's report says.
Bokra, 15 Oct.
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Wednesday 14 October 2026
Folio 287 · 2 entries
184count on the day
14 OctGovernment
ACRI asks government not to divert NIS 964 million from future Arab plan
Finance Minister Smotrich proposed using money set aside for a coming plan for Arab society to bring forward defence purchases.
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14 OctLife
Tel Aviv University to award honorary doctorate to Umm al-Fahm museum founder
Artist Said Abu Shakra founded the Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery thirty years ago with his brother Farid.
Bokra, 14 Oct.
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Tuesday 13 October 2026
Folio 286 · 2 entries
184count on the day
13 OctPolice
Two young men shot dead in Segev Shalom and Umm al-Fahm within a day
Yassin al-Shawi was killed in a suspected family feud in the Negev; Nimer Jabareen, 20, was shot in Umm al-Fahm the next morning.
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13 OctLife
War cut Arab employment harder than Jewish, Alfanar director says
Arab men's employment fell about 27% at the start of the war, against 11% for Jewish men.
Bokra, 13 Oct.
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Monday 12 October 2026
Folio 285 · 3 entries
183count on the day
12 OctGovernment
Herzog calls crime in Arab society a disaster and wants a bigger police force
The president said more than 1.3 million citizens live 'under terror' and police are beyond their capacity.
—no count
12 OctRoads
Man arrested in Afula after punching Arab bus driver and threatening to kill him
The driver on line 247 said the suspect spat at him and shouted that Arabs should be killed.
Bokra, 12 Oct.
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12 OctRights
Dozens of homes and a mosque demolished in Negev village of al-Dahiya
Accounts range from about 50 homes and 250 people to 80 structures and 400 people, all of the Abu Wadi family.
Bokra, 12 Oct and 3 more.
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Sunday 11 October 2026
Folio 284 · 5 entries
183count on the day
11 OctPolice
Four women arrested in Ar'ara an-Naqab; Ben Gvir says women are now arrested too
Police say the women threw stones at relatives in a family feud; the minister posted that his policy had changed.
183count on the day
11 OctPolice
570 Arab citizens were hospitalised or died from gunshot wounds in 2025
A Haaretz report compares the figure with 67 Jewish citizens and finds most Arab violence casualties were shot.
183count on the day
11 OctCourts
Tel Aviv man, 22, charged with planned killing of Mohammed Qatwan
Prosecutors say Mohammed Zeitounia lured Qatwan to a meeting on 30 August, shot him and fired at two companions.
—no count
11 OctRights
Mansour Abbas asks attorney general to freeze home demolitions until after the vote
The Ra'am leader says Ben Gvir is using demolitions in his campaign.
Bokra, 11 Oct.
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11 OctElection
Intercity buses and trains free from the evening before election day
The Central Elections Committee set free travel from 8 pm on 26 October until services end on 27 October.
Bokra, 11 Oct.
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Saturday 10 October 2026
Folio 283 · 4 entries
183count on the day
10 OctPolice
Rahat man shot and run over; police look at a parking dispute
Mousa Yousef al-Jabour, 26, was killed in Rahat's Neighbourhood 25, ending two weeks without a counted killing.
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10 OctRoads
Arab bus drivers report 45 attacks this year as Umm al-Fahm driver is beaten
Abed Mahajna was hit in the face and racially abused after someone threw an object at his bus in Hadera.
Bokra, 10 Oct.
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10 OctLife
Bus carrying Bnei Sakhnin fans stoned on the way home from Bloomfield
League chief Erez Halfon called it another red line crossed; the club asked police for protection at away games.
Bokra, 11 Oct and 1 more.
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10 OctLife
Nazareth announces 'City Palace Music Days' festival for November
Six evenings of Arab classical, tarab, orchestral and contemporary music at the Nazareth cultural palace.
Bokra, 10 Oct.
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Thursday 8 October 2026
Folio 281 · 4 entries
182count on the day
8 OctPolice
Police exchange fire with armed Nazareth group in Kafr Manda, arrest four
Police say the group was behind shootings at businesses across the north; one suspect was wounded.
182count on the day
8 OctPolice
Shin Bet says 72 Negev residents detained on security suspicion this year
The agency says about 50 were indicted and describes a Segev Shalom cell it says planned an armed battalion.
182count on the day
8 OctGovernment
Netanyahu promises an 'iron fist' and NIS 1 billion for a Shin Bet role
The prime minister posted in Arabic as funding to involve the security service in fighting Arab crime was announced.
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8 OctCourts
Father, brother and cousin sentenced for the 2023 killing of Aya Abu Hajjaj
She was stabbed in Lod in front of her two small children while heavily pregnant.
Bokra, 8 Oct.
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Wednesday 7 October 2026
Folio 280 · 1 entry
182count on the day
7 OctGovernment
Netanyahu asks Shin Bet for a Negev weapons plan after chief's warning
Shin Bet head David Zini told ministers of armed groups in Bedouin communities; an MK wants the army involved.
Tuesday 6 October 2026
Folio 279 · 1 entry
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6 OctRoads
134 Arab citizens killed on the roads this year, up 19%
Or Yarok counts 39% of all road deaths among Arab citizens, about twice their share of the population.
Monday 5 October 2026
Folio 278 · 2 entries
182count on the day
5 OctCourts
Bar-Ilan maths professor charged with plotting mass attacks on Arab citizens
Prosecutors say Shahar Nevo planned simultaneous attacks to kill hundreds and drive Arabs out of the country.
182count on the day
5 OctProtest
Protest outside Ben Gvir's home over mosque raids and call-to-prayer fines
Kulanu Makom co-chairs Rula Daoud and Alon-Lee Green asked whether the Arab vote frightens the minister.
Sunday 4 October 2026
Folio 277 · 1 entry
182count on the day
4 OctProtest
Kafr Qara emergency conference answers incitement against Arab doctors
Doctors, mayors and health groups met under the slogan 'We won't let incitement harm the health system'.
Saturday 3 October 2026
Folio 276 · 2 entries
182count on the day
3 OctProtest
Arab towns mark 26 years since October 2000 with a march in Arraba
The High Follow-Up Committee led visits to the graves of those killed and a central march.
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3 OctElection
About 420,000 votes were lost below the threshold in 2022, Taub Center says
A list may need 171,000 to 195,000 votes to enter the Knesset this time, depending on turnout.
Bokra, 3 Oct.
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Friday 2 October 2026
Folio 275 · 1 entry
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2 OctElection
Supreme Court lets Ra'am and the Joint List run; Abu Shehadeh withdraws
The court unanimously overturned the elections committee's bans on both lists and cleared MK Ofer Cassif by 7-2.
Times of Israel, 2 Oct and 3 more.
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Thursday 1 October 2026
Folio 274 · 1 entry
182count on the day
1 OctCourts
Netanya court freezes demolition of Abu Mtair family homes in Tayibe
The orders were more than twenty years old; five large families live in the houses.
Wednesday 30 September 2026
Folio 273 · 1 entry
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30 SepElection
Channel 13 poll: Netanyahu bloc 54, opposition 52, Arab lists 14
The Joint List polled 9 and Ra'am 5 at the start of the final month.
Bokra, 30 Sep.
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Tuesday 29 September 2026
Folio 272 · 1 entry
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29 SepRights
Ra'am adopts the unrecognised villages' plan for Negev regional councils
Mansour Abbas and Walid al-Huashla say recognising the villages needs a partnership in government.
Bokra, 29 Sep.
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Sunday 27 September 2026
Folio 270 · 2 entries
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27 SepRoads
Road deaths pass 330 but road safety is missing from most party platforms
State Comptroller data show 40% of Arab schools had no road-safety coordinator.
Bokra, 27 Sep.
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27 SepElection
Eisenkot says Ra'am will not sit in a government he leads
He set conditions including recognising Israel as a Jewish state; Segalovitz replied there is no Eisenkot government without Ra'am.
Bokra, 27 Sep and 1 more.
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Saturday 26 September 2026
Folio 269 · 1 entry
182count on the day
26 SepPolice
Police enter Tel Sheva mosque in their shoes over a noise complaint
Officers and National Guard members walked onto the prayer carpets of al-Salam mosque and later fined it over the call to prayer.
