MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash-Ta'al) will meet UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York on Thursday, according to N12. The meeting will focus on the wave of lethal violence in Arab Israeli communities, which has pushed the 2026 death toll past 142.
MK Ayman Odeh (Hadash-Ta'al) announced Wednesday evening that he will meet UN Secretary-General António Guterres in New York on Thursday. According to the report by N12, the meeting will focus on the crisis of lethal violence in Arab Israeli communities — a wave of murders that has claimed over 142 lives since the start of 2026, according to previous reporting by The Zioneer.
Odeh was quoted as saying: "We will do everything so that this issue is also on the agenda of the international community." The meeting comes as Israel's police leadership has already declared an emergency over the surge, a day after Police Commissioner Daniel Levi convened an urgent session following five murders in four separate incidents within 12 hours — killings in Taiba, Kalansuwa, Jaffa, and Holon. In parallel, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir is set to attend a UN police conference in New York next month, in a separate track of Israeli engagement with the UN on security matters.
No further details were provided on the meeting's format, duration, or whether Odeh will be accompanied by other Arab Israeli representatives.
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