Nournews: While the Zionist regime has long portrayed itself through costly propaganda as an island of stability and security, a new report by the Israeli Femicide Observatory presents a far darker and more shocking picture of the regime’s social reality — one marked by the collapse of public safety, the expansion of organized violence, and the structural failure of the state to protect the most basic human right: the right to life.

According to the report, from January 1 to December 24, 2025, at least 44 women over the age of 18 were murdered in Israel. Although this figure has not changed significantly compared to the previous year, what deepens the crisis is the sharp increase in cases of femicide — murders that are not accidental, but directly rooted in gender-based violence, dysfunctional family relations, and the breakdown of social control.

Based on the institution’s official definition, femicide includes the killing of women by intimate partners or family members, so-called “honor killings,” and matricide. In 2025, out of the 44 murders, 34 cases fell into this category — a 48-percent increase compared to the 23 cases recorded in 2024. These figures starkly reveal the spread of violence within the inner layers of a society that simultaneously claims to uphold “Western morality” and “democratic values.”

The report shows that part of this deadly violence has occurred within Israel’s Arab community — a society where, for years, the Zionist government has fostered the conditions for organized crime through discriminatory policies, security neglect, and the deliberate abandonment of illegal weapons to the streets. Among the victims, 10 Arab women lost their lives in murders linked to criminal conflicts and mafia networks — networks that could not have survived without the tolerance and willful inaction of Israeli security institutions.

One of the most shocking findings of the report concerns the changing pattern of murder weapons. For the first time since data collection began, firearms have become the most common tool of femicide in Israel. This year, 14 women were killed by gunfire — a number that has now surpassed knife-related murders. By contrast, only three women were murdered with firearms last year — a rise that clearly reflects the uncontrolled proliferation of weapons in Israeli society.

The Israeli Femicide Observatory states explicitly that the root of this crisis lies in illegal weapons — widely accessible, especially in Arab-majority areas. In 10 out of 11 cases of femicide committed with illegal firearms, the victims were Arab women. Put more plainly: in 2025, all criminal murders of Arab women were carried out with illegal weapons — a reality that places direct responsibility on the Israeli government and its security apparatus.

At the same time, the report undermines the Israeli government’s propaganda claims following the events of October 7 regarding the supposed necessity of widespread civilian armament. Contrary to official narratives, no meaningful correlation has been found between legal gun ownership and increased femicide rates. Nevertheless, even among cases in which Jewish women were murdered with firearms, the perpetrators were often individuals who possessed state-issued gun permits under the same security structure.

The crisis does not end there. The report also reveals a troubling rise in matricide — a crime that, until only a few years ago, was considered rare. In 2025, seven women were murdered by their sons — a 21-percent increase compared to the previous year. Many perpetrators were known psychiatric patients who were not under effective supervision, signaling yet another sign of the collapse of the social support system.

Professor Shalva Weil, the head of the observatory, pointedly asks: “What is the government waiting for?” The question carries a weighty accusation. When roughly 250 Arab citizens of Israel are shot dead each year — and women too are pulled into this cycle of violence — it is no longer possible to speak of “isolated incidents.” This is the direct product of failed security policies in a regime that has dragged violence into the very heart of the home.