Following the murder of Salim Hasarma, 44, who was shot dead today (Monday) in Bana in broad daylight by two masked men, who also confirmed the killing captured by security cameras - Arab society in Israel counts 100 deaths and killings as a result of crime.
It seems that not only have the Arab sector become accustomed to the rising crime and the victims it raises, but worse, it seems that helplessness, despair and frustration are everywhere, given the blatant lack of success of law enforcement in crushing crime families.
"Crime is the result of deliberate neglect and disregard on the part of all the governments that have been here," said Hamudi, a resident of Wadi Ara, adding: "In the past, I never thought twice about going to a wedding. I was invited to the wedding with the family, and after quite a bit of thought I decided to go alone. Shooting in the air at weddings is no less dangerous than armed criminals. The change must come from the sector. You can not just come with complaints. And who does not.
But we as a society also need to take responsibility, and take care of what is sick in our society. "
A double murder scene about six months ago in Deir al-Assad, Photo: Police spokeswoman
It should be emphasized that in the Arab sector there is strong opposition to the expansion of police powers, chief among them the abolition of the need for a legal order for the purpose of searching a person's home and tools - a bill approved yesterday by the government.
"This will be a fatal violation of civil rights in particular and democracy in general," said the Adalah Association for the Rights of the Arab Minority in Israel.
Opponents of the GSS
In addition, despite many calls, including from sources in the Arab sector, to bring the GSS into Arab localities to assist the police in their war against Arab criminal organizations, there is almost sweeping opposition among the Arab public leadership to the move. Prominent opponents include MK Ayman Odeh , Chairman of the joint list, which often speaks out, especially in Arabic, against the possibility that the GSS will use the police.
In many posts posted by Odeh on social media, he reads that the police and the army must first stop the leakage of weapons from the warehouses of the Israeli defense establishment to criminal organizations.
Many in Arab society reiterate that only through systematic economic harm to criminal organizations can the wave be stopped.
"As they did to the crime families in Jewish society, when 'they went head to head' in the economic direction, so it should be done with the crime families in the sector," the head of a large Arab authority in the Sharon tells Israel Today.
"They need to seize money and assets and freeze their bank accounts," he said.
He adds that "Today, young people in Arab society are worth being criminals, because there is action and a lot of money there. A young Jew goes to the army and then to university, finds work and lives his life. Young Arabs do not have many choices, and they are easily attracted to criminal organizations." .
Protection in the authorities
The allegations among the Arab public are directed not only against the state police and law enforcement agencies, but also against the Arab local authorities.
A source in the sector says that "almost all the contractors who work in the Arab local authorities pay sponsorship fees and everyone is silent, and once every few years the police act against an authority head who eventually comes out of custody and becomes a hero in his locality."
Scene of murder of a man from the Arab sector in Haifa (archive), Photo: Michel Dot Com
Despite the harsh allegations against the police, there are also allegations against other elements.
"We must differentiate between the fight against organized crime, which is the role of the police, and the issue of violence," say Arab society.
According to many experts, the problem also lies in street violence, vandalism and damage to public space.
Thus, for example, they point to the problem of violence that is manifested in the culture of bad driving, especially among young people, who are involved in many accidents.
In any case, it is doubtful whether the GSS, which is the "Great Hope", will succeed in the task of eradicating crime. In the courts.