JERUSALEM: Israeli police on Saturday were probing four shooting deaths within 24 hours in Arab Israeli towns, following elections in which Arab candidates said violent crime was a top campaign issue.
Police said that at around midnight in the Bedouin town of Basmat Tabun, northwest of Nazareth, two residents were shot dead and a third badly wounded in what was believed to be part of a dispute between local families.
“Police are investigating the circumstances,” a police statement said without giving details.
Israel’s Arab parties, running under a Joint List alliance, emerged from Tuesday’s general election as an important force.
Provisional official results gave them 13 seats — the third-largest in Israel’s 120 member parliament, ahead of final results to be announced on Wednesday.
Published in Dawn, September 22nd, 2019
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