Following the attack, Israeli broadcaster Kan News reported that security officials are concerned about the increased involvement of Israeli Arabs, especially teenagers and young adults, in terrorist attacks and anti-government activities
Since the start of the war, Israel’s Shin Bet Security Agency has investigated 80 cases involving Israeli Arabs.
Of those, 26 cases were of people who declared support for the Islamic State (ISIS) and other “global jihad” groups, according to Kan.
In 2024, Israel’s internal security agency arrested 177 Israeli Arabs for questioning in national security cases, Kan reported.
Since the start of the so-called “Swords of Iron” war 17 months ago, there has been a rise in radicalization among some groups in Israel’s Arab population.
A 2023 poll by the Israel Democracy Institute’s Center for Democratic Values “”and Institutions found that a third of Arab citizens do not agree that the Hamas massacre on October 7, 2023, “represents Arab society, the Palestinian people, or the Islamic nation.” A June 2024 poll found that about 14.7 percent of Israeli Arabs believe that Hamas should rule Gaza after the war, which runs counter to one of Israel’s main goals in the conflict.
This equates to approximately 308,700 people, given that Israel’s Arab population is about 2.1 million.
Published in 03/28/2025 04h32
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