UMM AL-FAHM, Friday, July 14, 2023 (WAFA) - Scores of Palestinians in the Arab towns of Umm al-Fahm, Tamra, and Fureidis, in Israel, demonstrated this evening in condemnation of the failure of the Israeli police to put a stop to the rise in crime in Arab communities in Israel.

Palestinians in Israel accuse the police and government of discriminating against them and not doing enough to stop crime in their towns compared to Jewish towns.

Several protests and calls by the Palestinians in Israel, who make up more than 20 percent of the Israeli population, on the government and police to fight the rise in crime in their towns have not yet yielded any significant results with less than a fifth of the crimes be resolved or criminals apprehended.

Since the beginning of this year, 116 Palestinians have been killed in criminal cases inside Israel; in an unprecedented increase in toll compared to 2022. Over 111 and 109 murders were documented in 2021, and 2022, respectively.

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