(haipo) Crime in Arab society is spreading: the state is stalling: It is time to say things without masks and without excessive caution: The wave of murders in Arab society is not an “internal problem,” not a cultural issue, and not a marginal statistic. It is a certificate of poverty for the entire country. Those who continue to ignore, obscure, or explain away are complicit in deepening the failure.
The illusion of "sectoral crime"
The attempt to portray the murders as a problem that belongs only to Israeli Arabs is a convenient lie. It is a dangerous illusion that allows the state to evade responsibility. The criminal organizations do not operate out of traditional or religious motives, but out of cold business interest. Extortion, control of territories, protection fees, drugs and tenders – these are the real engines of crime. Those organizations do not stop at the entrance to an Arab settlement, and they have long since crossed cities, sectors and government institutions.
Toothless police and fake deterrence
The police are unable to stop the violence for a simple reason: there is no deterrence. Armed criminals operate knowing that the risk is low and the response is slow. The endless debates around technological tools, spies, and powers create an absurd situation in which the state chooses to protect the rights of the criminal more than the lives of the citizen. When there is no fear of the law, there is fear in the streets, and the result is measured in bodies.
Eliminating crime through strong legislation:
There are actions that have not yet been taken, and they are in legislation:
beginning, membership in a crime family as an independent offense – ten years in prison for the mere membership – in order to dismantle organizations from the grassroots.
SecondThe punishment for possessing illegal weapons during wartime, whether Jewish or Arab, should be as severe as that of a security threat: prolonged detention and conditions that make it clear that this is a red line.
Third, a “ticking bomb” in the criminal sense: hot intelligence information that allows for administrative arrest.
quarterRestricting freedom of movement for someone associated with a crime family when there is information that he is about to harm or be harmed – by order of a judge – in order to reduce harm to innocent people.
Economic damage and surveillance presence: This is how organizations break down
Money is the fuel, so it needs to be burned: heavy fines for each conviction – a million dollars or more – to inflict economic pain and dry up infrastructure.
I suggest “learning from Trump,” who adopts a forceful style against criminal organizations – sinking ships and deploying an army; one can argue about the metaphor, but the principle is clear: the state must demonstrate determination, not hesitation.
At the same time, presence on the ground is a force multiplier. The example from Haifa is stark: If, before the murder this week, five “police soldiers” had been stationed near the kiosk on Heroes Street in the Halissa neighborhood as part of one hundred on each shift, the map of murders would have looked different.
It's reminiscent of New York before and after the "broken windows" policy – 42nd Street and Harlem – when resources, attention, and continuous policing changed reality.
The political echelon and equal mobilization: governance or slogans
The political echelon's responsibility is to provide advanced tools, manpower, and measurable goals. If we talk about recruiting Haredim, we also need to talk about Equal compulsory conscription for Arabs: If today 20% of the Israel Police are Arabs and their loyalty is not in doubt, the demand for equal duties is not a “provocation” but a condition for governance.
At the same time, a practical step is required: The Minister of National Security should place 100 police officers in every Arab city and 20 to 50 police officers in villages, and declare that a service-oriented approach is a winning approach – but without naivety: service-oriented without determined enforcement is an invitation to violence.
Anyone who wants to see what happens when you invest should look at the cities around Haifa: Tirat Carmel and Nesher, and neighborhoods like Tzur Shalom, which flourished thanks to attention and resources; and on the other hand, the Hadar neighborhood, which deteriorated due to a lack of investment.
The problem is that the prosecution is not aggressive enough and is not closing cases.
A certain candidate once told Prime Minister Shamir: All the investigation files against me have been closed. Shamir replied: My case has never been closed. There was never anything to investigate…
"The prosecutor's office closed the investigation files against Yaakov Borovsky due to lack of guilt and evidence."
A complaint was examined, according to which Borovsky offered to assist the Sharon family in investigations against them in exchange for his appointment as Commissioner General.
Very interesting, it's a shame that the residents of Haifa didn't elect you as mayor... but instead elect exhausted retirees over and over again.
Thanks for the interesting article.
We must send some leftists led by Mayara and Yitzhak Amit to the Arab villages to educate the Arabs in "enlightenment"...
How is the Haifa Municipality preparing for the second Iran-Israel war?
😍To the honorable attorney - "Borovsky", known and recognized first and foremost as a "superintendent" in the "Israel Police" (retired!), as a "member of the city council" - "the beautiful Haifa";
On the one hand – your ideas are mostly excellent…
On the other hand – please be precise: yes, a "cultural" matter = "blood feud" as an endless "chain" of premeditated murder + "family honor" (?) – malicious murder… + the rising "crime", as a "way of life" (?) = "black-laundered money" – a "crushing blow" to the "State of Israel" = "the State of the Jews"!
😘So, on what "trust" to serve in the IDF?
First – the “ultra-Orthodox” who are not ultra-Orthodox, who are afraid of “imprisonment”! At the same time, we can include the “Christians” from among those identified as “loyal to the state”…!!!@@@😭😭😭
10 years in prison for belonging to a terrorist organization? One of those convicted in the assassination of Lior Greenberg in Holon, for example, barely received a similar sentence as part of a plea bargain.
So first, let's do a more important article about the poor legal system in Israel, which doesn't scare criminals and certainly doesn't create deterrence.
Regarding the "loyalty" of those 20% of police officers you mentioned, in my opinion it is a failure and a risk that the state is taking, not to mention whether the law allows them to be recruited into the police and serve with all the salaries and benefits of state employees, perhaps even without military service. So who is doing whom a favor here?
Like other delusional laws in Israel, especially those of the far right, that to this day allow for relief and benefits for those who, to this day, are still unclear whether they consider themselves Israelis or Palestinians?
Borovsky, that's a really constructive suggestion. The Israeli government wanted to implement your recommendation: 100 police officers in an Arab city on duty or at the station?
The problem in Arab society is that it does not obey Israeli law because the Jewish state is a state of infidels. Even 100 police officers on duty in a city like Sakhnin or Umm al-Fahm will not resolve the conflicts that arise there. There is no solution to this situation except for one option: every criminal convicted of drug offenses, prostitution, gambling, protection and murder, fined 1 million shekels and exiled from Israel.
"And not Joseph"…!!!@@@🙏