Israeli operations against violent crime in arab communities continues
ANI
21 April, 2024 11:02 pm IST

Tel Aviv [Israel], April 21 (ANI/TPS): The Israel Police reported that in the past week alone its forces seized about one million Shekels (USD 271 million) in cash for future confiscation and in total 16,581,601 Shekels (USD 4.5 million) in cash was seized in activities carried out in Arab communities. This came as part of the “Green Safe Route” operation, Israel’s “war” on violent crime in its Arab communities.

During the operation, the Israel Police also marked 439 targets defined as “major perpetrators” of crime in Arab areas. So far, indictments have been filed by the prosecutor’s office and the police against 130 of these targets, 107 of whom were ordered held without bail until the end of the legal proceedings against them.

Authorities also seized 326 vehicles, including luxury vehicles for future confiscation, over tax violations. And a total of 2,992 arrests were made and 2,423 searches were carried out as part of the operation.

Israel is a small sovereign state in the center of the Midde East, with a westernized population of about 9.7 million citizens. About 21 percent of these citizens are Arab (2,048,000). Of these, 184,000 citizens are Christian Arabs (many Greek Orthodox), and 152,000 are the Druze (a distant form of Islam).