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Triple murder makes 2020 deadliest year for Israeli Arabs in two decades

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Published: 22 December 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

The record 95 deaths in a single year have coincided with coronavirus, the growth of extremism in the Jewish community, and debilitating infighting

Violence in Arab communities reaches a grim peak, but prospects for change are at all time low (Haaretz)
The record 95 deaths in a single year have coincided with coronavirus, the growth of extremism in the Jewish community, and the debilitating infighting between their political representatives

Five men shot during fight in southern Bedouin town (Times of Israel)
Paramedics take the Ar’ara Banegev residents, one of whom is in serious condition, to a Beersheba hospital for treatment

Triple murder in Northern Israel makes 2020 deadliest year for Arabs in two decades (Haaretz)
A man was shot in Baka al-Garbiyeh and his two uncles were shot dead as they were driving next to the ambulance that rushed him to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead

Photo: The scene of the killing in Baka al-Garbiyeh, December 19 (Rami Shllush)
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