Israel arrests 7 times more Arabs than Jews at "illegal" rallies

Police in 2014 arrested seven times as many Arabs at illegal demonstrations as Jews, Arab48.com reported on Monday.

According to the statistics, the police arrested 1,472 Arab citizens for illegal assembly or association for political purposes in 2014, compared to 202 Jews.

Arab48.com said that police supplied the data to MK Esawi Freige (Meretz) after he demanded it following the collective arrest of Arabs who protested Israel’s offensive on Gaza last summer.

According to the data, 15 percent of the 2014 detainees were indicted. Out of these, 42 percent of them were Arabs and 35 percent were Jews.

Last year 110 Arabs were arrested on suspicion of inciting violence, compared to 25 Jews.

The Israeli police arrested 32 Arabs for flying the Palestinian flag.