Right-wing activists on Wednesday once again demonstrated outside the Tel Aviv home of Arab news anchor Lucy Aharish, shouting at her, “We’re here to give you a message” and “it won’t stop here.”
It was the fourth time within a week that far-right activists have protested at Aharish’s home.
Days ago, Aharish called the activists Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “goons” and warned in a monologue on her Channel 13 show that “the blood is on the hands of whoever was silent” if anything were to happen to her, her family or other journalists.
Reports said that police detained one person on Wednesday. Several others were detained at the rallies earlier this week.
According to Haaretz, some 20 agitators showed up Wednesday, with some hurling rocks at a journalist who was present at the scene.
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“May you get cardiac arrest!” one right-wing activist shouted Wednesday. Several then began chanting: “Let the IDF win, screw the Arabs!”
אלו הקריאות הערב מתחת לבית של לוסי אהריש בת״א:
״באנו למסור לך מסר. זו הפעם הרביעית וזה לא מפסיק פה. אינשאללה״
״אינשאללה תקבלי דום לב״
״תנו לצה״ל לנצח לזיין תערבים״ pic.twitter.com/3rxN9LrSLv
— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) February 25, 2026
The anger at Aharish was sparked by a statement she made on Channel 13 earlier this month, where she pointed to the “righteous anger” of Arab Israelis due to perceived government inaction over the crime wave that has claimed the lives of hundreds in the community in recent years.
Arab citizens, she said, in the next elections will “flock to the voting booths” to bring a change in government, and added the Arabic word “Inshallah,” meaning “God willing.”
Channel 13 anchor Lucy Aharish speaks on the network’s evening news, February 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 13)
Aharish is married to Jewish actor Tsahi Halevi, who has served hundreds of days in reserve duty over the past two years, fought in border communities amid the Hamas-led onslaught of October 7, and is widely credited with saving dozens of lives. Aharish, who due to her high-profile position received multiple pleas for help from those trapped during the attack, helped direct forces to reach and rescue them.
Amid outcry over the protests, journalists took to social media platforms to recall the actions of Aharish and Halevi on October 7, 2023.
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