Why has organised crime exploded in Palestinian communities in Israel?

Why has organised crime exploded in Palestinian communities in Israel? Submitted by MEE correspondent on Mon, 08/31/2026 - 09:20 Israel's failure to solve most cases has transformed organised crime into a political crisis for Palestinian citizens, exposing failures in policing, investment and state protection Israeli police patrol a street in Jabel Mukaber, a Palestinian neighbourhood of East Jerusalem, on 18 September 2015 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP) Off In December 2003, a bomb ripped through the heart of Tel Aviv as part of a brazen attempt to assassinate Israel 's notorious crime boss Zeev Rosenstein. Rosenstein survived what would be the seventh attempt on his life, but three bystanders were killed.