Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticeThe court increased the sentence of an Israeli man from nine months of community service to two years in prison for his role in a 2021 assault on two Arab men, saying racist violence 'harms the delicate fabric of relations between the different sectors in the country'Share to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeChen Maanit08:58 PM • August 04 2026 IDTRacially motivated violence against Arab Israelis "sows terror" and is "completely contrary to the core values of the State of Israel," Israel's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday, increasing the sentence of an Israeli man from nine months of community service to two years in prison for his role in a racially motivated attack on two Arab men in 2021.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Jews and ArabsIsrael crimeArab IsraelisIsraeli judiciary Israel Supreme CourtCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesGaza Board of PeaceElbit-UAEIsrael KatzCeuta Michigan PrimaryElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastIsrael Limits Gaza Assassinations, Allows Strikes if 'Imminent Danger' PresentIsrael, Ceuta and 'The Real Story': How to Spot Conspiratorial HogwashTop Court: Racial Violence Against Arabs 'Contrary to Israel's Core Values'A Diss Track of Saint Levant Asks What Famous Palestinians Should BeJewish Billionaire and Megadonor Ron Lauder Reportedly Stopped Donating to GOPRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsNetanyahu Says Israel Has 'Special Forces' Ready if He's Arrested on NY VisitHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab EmiratesTwo Female Israeli Soldiers Die by Suicide as IDF Mental Health Crisis Deepens'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedDozens of IDF Soldiers Desert Sde Teiman Base in Protest of Commander