How a prosperous Arab Israeli city gets invaded by crime groups and starts to crumble
Sakhnin in the north was once a bastion of entrepreneurship, which has drawn in crime organizations and their guns. Local people are blaming the shootings on the police, the Netanyahu government – and themselves
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![Sakhnin, last month. "What civilized country abandons its citizens like this?"](https://img.haarets.co.il/bs/0000019b-6f8f-d5ec-abdf-6fcf42530000/21/6e/03d5917a4e0180a630754673749d/054185.jpg?precrop=1407,1655,x444,y0&width=620&height=729&cmsprod "Sakhnin, last month. "What civilized country abandons its citizens like this?". Credit: Gil Eliyahu")
Sakhnin, last month. "What civilized country abandons its citizens like this?" Credit: Gil Eliyahu
Sakhnin in the north was once a bastion of entrepreneurship, which has drawn in crime organizations and their guns. Local people are blaming the shootings on the police, the Netanyahu government – and themselves
