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In a new episode of the podcast "To the Edge," host Keren Neubach welcomes Orly Alkaly and attorney Rida Jabr to discuss organized crime in Israel. Alkaly reveals that business owners across the country pay protection money, mentioning the arrest of the former Nazareth mayor and an attempt by a crime organization to infiltrate Ministry of Defense tenders. Jabr discusses crime in the Arab community and calls for a social, cultural, and educational response.
In a new episode of the podcast "To the Edge," host Keren Neubach hosts crime reporter Orly Alkaly and attorney Rida Jabr for a conversation about the organized crime map in Israel 2026. Alkaly describes a widespread phenomenon of protection money: "Business owners all over the country pay protection money. It's everywhere." She notes the case of the Nazareth municipality, where the former mayor is in custody with an indictment, and the attempt by a crime organization to pressure those who won Ministry of Defense tenders to build a fence in the north. Jabr discusses crime in the Arab community, which has raised its head in recent years, and argues that "if at this timing we had a state, and citizenship had deep meaning, this phenomenon would not have developed this way." She calls for a social, cultural, educational, and public-space response. The episode seeks to explain how organized crime seeps into daily life.