Safe Communities
In recent years, crime and violence in Arab society have increased to unprecedented levels, with over 50% of violent crime in Israel effecting Arab citizens. Coupled with a history of under-policing and tense relations with the Israeli police, Arab communities are struggling to provide personal safety for their residents. In this field, the Abraham Initiatives runs models for community action and community-based policy. Through building capacity in local Arab leadership and educating Israel's National Police, the Abraham Initiatives has over a decade of the experience necessary to build safer communities.
The Personal and Community Security Index for 2019 details the reality of crime and violence that is severely affecting Arab Communities in Israel. The report is based on 718 face-to-face interviews, and is available in both Hebrew and Arabic (an English summary can be found at the end).
Click here for the full report.
Click here for an English only report.
This program is co-funded by the U.S. Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI)
and the European Union.
Projects
Safe CommunitiesReadLod Shootings Point to Larger Issue of Violence in Israel’s Arab Communities
- Safe CommunitiesWatch
Campaign Elections Without Violence
- Safe CommunitiesRead
Police Arrest Two Suspects in Shooting at Jisr e-Zarka Police Station
- Safe CommunitiesRead
There's a War Zone in South Tel Aviv, but Jewish Residents Don't See It
- Safe CommunitiesRead
Report: Israeli Arabs Feel Far Less Safe than Jews
- Safe CommunitiesRead
Israeli Arab Activists Stop Celebratory Gunfire at Weddings
- Safe CommunitiesRead
Umm El-Fahm Imam Murdered in Front of Mosque as Arab Crime Escalates
- Safe CommunitiesRead
Police Need Trust of Arab Citizens
- Safe CommunitiesWatch
Texting PSA
- Safe CommunitiesWatch
Speeding PSA
- Safe CommunitiesWatch
Police-Arab Leadership Dialogue
- Safe CommunitiesRead
Policing in a Divided Society
