Palestinian libel: Israel ignores murders in Arab society to “force Arab citizens to leave the country”

High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel Secretary Mansour Dahamsheh: "All the committees elected by the Arab public demand to address the issue of crime and violence in [Israeli] Arab society, but unfortunately there is no response. We firmly believe that this is part of the [Israeli] government's policy against Arab citizens to force them to emigrate and leave the country. They allow criminal gangs to sow destruction and devastation and kill our people on a daily basis... There is no treatment of this issue to restrain it. Therefore, we say it is a product of government policy, which is a deliberate policy against the masses of our people in the Interior (i.e., Palestinian term for Israel)."

[Official PA TV, Sept. 12, 2025]

At the time of Dahamsheh's statement, 11 Israeli Arabs had been murdered in Israeli society since the beginning of that same month (September), and over 150 since the beginning of 2025.

The High Follow-Up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel is an extra-parliamentary umbrella organization that represents Arab citizens of Israel.