Under National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s police force is growing… but Muslim and Arab Christian recruits are vanishing. In 2022, 135 Muslims joined. By 2025? Just 96. Arab Christians? 48 to 12. Bedouins? From 6 to 2. Why? New recruitment rules; stricter aptitude scores, tougher Hebrew requirements; replaced a more flexible policy that once helped include minority communities. Ben-Gvir’s team says it’s about standards. Critics say it’s about exclusion. And while the overall force grows, the face of policing in Israel is changing; quietly, systematically. For aspirants everywhere: sometimes the hardest barrier isn’t the exam… it’s who decides what counts as qualified.