Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticeBetween January and July 2026, more Ethiopian Israeli minors were arrested than in the entirety of 2022. A senior police officer said that 'people are arrested even when there is no real need'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 formatSubscribeJosh Breiner03:46 PM • August 31 2026 IDTArrests by the Israel Police grew by 33 percent during National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir's tenure, with particularly more arrests of minorities and minors, according to police data obtained by Haaretz.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel policeIsrael crimeEthiopian JewsItamar Ben-GvirCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesE1 West BankChief RabbiBritish AcitivistEl-Sayed NetanyahuNBC CrewRoger WatersPollHaQuizHaaretz PodcastArrests of Ethiopian, Arab Israelis, Palestinians Surge During Ben-Gvir's TenureWhat I Learned by Teaching American University Students About IsraelEast Jerusalem Palestinian State Schools to Expand Access to Israeli CurriculumIDF: 16 Male Soldiers to Be Jailed for Refusing to Work With Female SoldierGefilte Fish Has Never Been Hotter: This Tiny Tel Aviv Eatery Is a Groyse MetsieRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIHasan Piker Talks Hamas, anti-Zionism and Why Americans Are Fed Up With Israel'Israel Is Sending Militias to Commit War Crimes – and I Have to Protect Them'Israeli Court Acquits Man of Assaulting Nun in Jerusalem's Old CityPoll: Likud Sinks to 19 Seats as New Right-wing Party Falls Below ThresholdJewish Space Lasers? Israel Wants 'Rods From God'Ben-Gvir's Ambush Shook Netanyahu – and Unleashed a War for Right-wing Votes