On video: the scene of the murder in Baqa al-Gharbiyya (photo: MDA)
104 murders occurred in 2022 in Arab society - of which only 24 were solved.
This, compared to the higher rate of decoding in Jewish society, where 24 out of 34 murders were solved last year.
Attorney Finney Fischler, Chairman of the Police Committee of the Bar Association, at whose request the data was provided, said in response that "the data are alarming and speak for themselves. The head of the police department is a failure, the rate of deciphering during the days of Chief Yigal Ben Shalom is low and convincing that he should finish his job and one hour is fine First."
The trend of the lack of solving murder cases in Arab society has intensified in recent years. For example, in 2021 there were 161 murder incidents in Israel, of which 69 incidents were resolved. The murder incidents in the same year in Arab society were 125, of which only 41 incidents were resolved. In 2020, 138 incidents occurred. Murder in Israel involving Arab society. Of these, 62 cases were deciphered. In Arab society, 108 murder incidents were recorded, of which only 42 incidents were deciphered.
The cases of murder in Arab society (photo: photo processing, Walla)
In 2019, there were 135 murder incidents in Israel involving Arab society.
Of these, 69 cases were solved.
100 murder incidents were recorded in Arab society, of which only 48 incidents were solved.
In 2018, 116 murders occurred in Israel involving Arab society.
Of these, 60 cases were solved.
81 murder incidents were recorded in Arab society, of which only 35 incidents were solved.
The leading districts in the rate of murder incidents in their territory between the years 2018-2022 are the Central District and the Coastal District in the police.
At the bottom of the list are the districts of Jerusalem and Israel.
In 2022, the national unit Lahav 433 was assigned three serious murder cases, but these have not yet been solved.
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"We hope the police will come to their senses"
Dr. Walid Haddad, an expert on crime and addictions in Arab society, commented on the data and said: "We strive to reach 100% of decoding, and not only in murder incidents but also in all incidents of civil terrorism, such as shooting at houses, arson and everything that happens on a daily basis in Arab society .
These incidents are either not reported or the police themselves do not prioritize them and do not reveal who is behind these cases.
In addition, all the incidents of shooting with wounded people, which are also largely unsolved and always focus on murder incidents.
It is true that in Jewish society the percentage of incidents that are deciphered is higher than in Arab society, but this lies in the rate of deciphering of murder incidents in Arab society.
The more it goes up, the more trust the police will have in Arab society."
Haddad expresses his displeasure that, despite the dramatic increase in the number of murders in Arab society in recent years, the state does not establish an investigation committee on the matter.
"Even if we consider the claims that the violence originates from within Arab society, let's make an inspection committee, let's investigate the issue. The state has for years neglected the entire issue of violence in Arab society, which has led to an increase in murder incidents and the unbearable numbers we have reached. We have reached 70 murdered per million people. If we take the UN's indicators, for comparison, New York has 31 and a half per million people.
That is, twice the world average in terms of murders.
I hope that the police will come to their senses and take the war and the fight against crime and organized crime in Arab society at the top of the priority scale and we will see more decipherings than in previous years."
Walid Shahab, who was shot to death near a pizzeria in Jasar al-Zarqa (photo: courtesy of the family)
The CEO of the Musva organization, Jaafar Farah, sounded even more firm, claiming a disparaging attitude of the police and blaming the Shin Bet.
"We are witnessing several testimonies from several former police officers who confirm what we have been hearing about for several years - that criminal organizations in Arab society are protected by the Shin Bet because they are aides, and even when the police arrest the criminals who are involved in serious crimes, they are released.
It is clear that despite all the budgets the police received, there is disdain in the entire command structure of the police and also to the police officers in the field for human life in Arab society.
It's not that they lack budgets.
Contrary to what they are trying to flood in recent months, the police received almost a billion shekels for the war on crime in Arab society in recent years.
In the end, there is an unprofessional and unserious police force."
Farah blames the political echelon above all.
"The police don't care, Arabs kill each other and that's it. There is no political level that demands results, the political level shows leniency and this is the result. There is a political demand to decipher when it comes to Jewish society, but when it comes to Arab society there is no such demand, there is no district commander or station commander who paid a price for The fact that they didn't decipher it. There is no accounting for what they did with all the huge budgets they received. With the exception of the Arab Knesset members and the Arab organizations, no one at the political level is interested in this. In the end, the political level has to dictate the pace, so when you want to see the results Minister Ben Gabir goes down to Be'er Sheva and walks around there all day and exerts pressure and brings the entire police command along with him. This does not happen in Arab society. When a child was murdered in Jasr al-Zarqa, I did not see the Minister of Internal Security come to visit nor the Minister of Education Yifat Shasha Biton who did not set foot there and did not demand from the police to solve the murder.
A protest outside the home of the former Minister of Internal Security (Photo: surfers' photos, "Mothers for Life")
The police stated in response: "At the outset, we would like to emphasize that in 2022, there was a 16% decrease in murder cases in Arab society compared to last year, this is due, among other things, to the activities of the Israel Police, which uses the best means and efforts to eradicate and thwart crime in the Arab sector. The police work day and night to prevent, thwarting and deciphering murder cases, using advanced technological means and channeling many operational forces for this purpose."
"The investigation of the murders and serious crimes in both Arab and Jewish society is entrusted to the elite investigation units of the Israel Police, where great efforts are invested in these investigations to arrive at a solution.
In the meantime, but a year ago, the Commissioner and the Minister of Defense defined the police's persistent and determined war on crime The seriousness of Arab society in the framework of a 'safe route', in thwarting dozens of serious crime incidents, and thousands of seizures of weapons and more."
"From the data of the 'Safe Route' enforcement operation led by the commissioner and Rev. Aham, it appears that thanks to the determined and uncompromising activity of the Israel Police, 73 assassinations were thwarted right before they occurred, indictments were filed against 507 major perpetrators of crime in Arab society defined as part of the operation, 37 Who are the members of criminal organizations in Arab society? Most of the accused as part of the operation were arrested until the end of the proceedings against them. Moreover, as part of the police effort in the fight against the phenomenon of illegal weapons, more than 40 smuggling attempts from the various borders of the State of Israel were thwarted this year, during which hundreds of firearms, intended for criminals, were seized Within the territory of Israel. As part of a 'safe route', the Israel Police acted against dozens of businesses that were used to convert money, where tens of millions of shekels in cash, bank accounts and real estate in dozens of settlements were seized."
"Until December 1 of this year, the Israel Police seized more than 3,300 firearms of various types: pistols, rifles and carols in Arab society alone. It can be seen from the data that only this year 31 indictments were filed in murder incidents in Arab society and that there is a decrease in the number of victims compared to last year and an increase in the filing of charges Accusation and interpretation of murder incidents from 2020 to 2021".
"Each case is investigated thoroughly and professionally and the various investigation teams do everything they can and within the law only. The police call for the cooperation of the public in Arab society and also work on this level in order to strengthen public trust and bring about fruitful and stable cooperation."
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