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| April 3, 2016
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Under curious circumstance Abbas’ PA police interrogate prominent Christian clergyman

 

Archbishop Swerios Malki Murad, of the Syriac Orthodox Church is the highest ranking Christian clergyman to be arrested by the Palestinians since the Palestinian Authority was created in 1994.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Palestinian Authority security forces on Saturday night arrested the head of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Archbishop Swerios Malki Murad.

Palestinian policemen clash with stone throwers in Gaza. – Photo: REUTERS

He is the most prominent Christian clergyman to be arrested by the PA since its inception in 1994.

The Syriac Orthodox Church of Jerusalem is one of 13 official Churches in the Holy Land. The church is widespread not only in Syria, but also in Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Iraq and India. Continue Reading »

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| January 11, 2016
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Another Palestinian journalist arrested for reporting PA cooperation with IDF

 

Abbas’ Palestinian Authority arrest Arab journalist who reported about PA cooperation with Israel that led to the capture of terrorist within a Hamas terror cell from Nablus.

By YASSER OKBI/ MAARIV HASHAVUA

 

Salim Sweden, a Palestinian journalist who works for the Ma’an news agency, was arrested by Palestinian Authority security forces on Sunday after he reported that the PA provided Israel information which led to the arrest of the gunmen suspected of killing Eitam and Na’ama Henkin on a West Bank roadway last October.

Palestinian journalist, Salim Sweden -Photo: Courtesy

The Shin Bet said that a Hamas terrorist cell from Nablus was behind the October 1 murder of Eitam and Naama Henkin as they drove near Itamar with their four children.

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| October 9, 2015
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Cleared for Publication: Temple Mount Terror Cell Busted by Israel Police & Shin Bet

Cleared for release: Police arrested 2 Palestinian Arabs who brought explosive materials to Jerusalem, and the minor that assembled the 13 pipe-bombs for Temple Mount riots.

By Uzi Baruch

 

Three Arabs were arrested in a joint operation by the Israel Police and the Israel Security Agency (ISA or Shin Bet), it was cleared for publication Friday, for preparing a weapons cache to use against security forces on the Temple Mount.

13 homemade ‘Pipe bombs’ – Photo courtesy: Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit

The Jerusalem District Attorney filed an indictment against the three – two adults and one minor from the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber – in the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court.
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| September 21, 2015
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39 Palestinians arrested by Police for throwing rocks, firebombs over 48 hours

 

Amid heightened security, Israel Police report no violence on the Temple Mount and in the Old City.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

Twenty-seven Palestinian suspects accused of throwing rocks and firebombs at officers in flashpoint Arab neighborhoods of east Jerusalem were arrested during an overnight police sweep that started late Saturday night, police said on Sunday.

The crackdown brought the total number of arrests over the trailing 48 hours to 39, according to the police.

Youth holds stone as Palestinians clash with IDF in the West Bank. – Photo: REUTERS

From Friday to Saturday afternoon, 12 Palestinians were arrested for attacking Border Police officers with firebombs in Jebl Mukaber, and rioting in Shuafat, Isawiya, Wadi Joz and Ras el-Amud. Continue Reading »

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| July 22, 2015
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WATCH: Israel Border Police catch 120 Palestinians illegally entering Israel

view videoSome among those MAGAV detained were found to have criminal records while others investigated posed serious security threats.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Israeli Border Police (MAGAV) overnight stopped and apprehended 120 Palestinians attempting to illegally cross into Israel from the West Bank.

Border Police capture 120 Palestinians attempting to illegally cross into Israel – Photo courtesy: Israel Police

In the early hours between Tuesday and Wednesday, authorities were alerted to the large movement of potential infiltrators near Oranit, a settlement straddling the Green Line, northeast of Rosh Ha’ayin.

Border Police, with the help of volunteers, were able to track down the would-be trespassers before they reached the security fence, after which they were taken for interrogation, where it was discovered that a number of them are suspected of being security threats, or have a criminal record. Continue Reading »

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| May 5, 2015
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Israeli Arab arrested for transferring funds for Hamas agents in West Bank

Malik Khatib from Kafr Kanna was indited for transferring funds from Hamas militants in Gaza to Palestinians in the West Bank and driving illegals from Gaza to Israel.

By Hassan Shaalan & Yoav Zitun

 

An indictment was filed Tuesday morning in the Nazareth District Court against Malik Khatib, 31, a dentist from the village of Kafr Kanna in northern Israel on suspicion he made contact with a Hamas agent and transferred funds to Hamas in Ramallah. He was also charged with illegal transportation and fraud under the Income Tax Ordinance.

Malik Khatib in court Tuesday. – Photo: Mohammad Shinawi

 

At his court hearing Tuesday, Khatib said: “I have no connection to Hamas, I have no connection to any of the allegations – everything is a lie. Continue Reading »

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| April 16, 2015
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Israel arrested senior Hamas officials in West Bank anti-terror sweep

In one of the largest raids since ‘Operation Brother’s Keeper’, Israel arrests included senior Hamas officials, who have already served sentences in Israeli prisons, but are now suspected of currently planning Hamas-funded terror attacks against Israel.

By Lilach Shoval, News Agencies & the Israel Hayom Staff

 

Twenty-nine suspected Hamas operatives were arrested in an overnight raid in the West Bank on Wednesday, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed.

IDF soldiers in Nablus [Archive] – Photo: Reuters

The surprise operation was carried out jointly between the IDF, Border Police, Shin Bet security agency and the Israel Police.

Those arrested, some of whom are senior Hamas officials who have served sentences in Israeli prisons in the past, were taken to Shin Bet facilities for investigation.

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| February 17, 2015
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Israel Police Recover a Presumed Lost 19th Century Talmud

The 200 year-old Hebrew tractate was stolen from the National Library years ago and presumed lost.
• The owner of a Judaica auction house where it was discovered was arrested.

By Orly Harari & Gil Ronen

 

Police detectives from the Sharet station in Tel Aviv have located a 19th century Talmud Bavli tractate that was stolen from the National Library in Jerusalem years ago, and was considered lost.

Stolen Talmud tractate – Israel Police Spokesman’s Dept.

The detectives raided a business on Mikunis Street in Tel Aviv, which holds auctions of Judaica items, and found the book there.

The store owner, a man in his 40s, was detained for questioning.

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| February 10, 2015
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Man Arrested Before Burning Israeli Flag Outside Paris Kosher Supermarket

Paris police arrest man who tried to burn Israeli flag at the entrance to the Hyper Cacher kosher market, place where 4 Jews were murdered last month by Muslim terrorist.

By Haim Lev

 

Police in Paris on Monday arrested a 38-year-old man who tried to set fire to an Israeli flag that was placed at the entrance to the Hyper Cacher kosher supermarket, where Islamist terrorist Amedy Coulibali murdered four Jews (pictured below) last month .

French police outside the Hyper Cacher kosher grocery store – Reuters

According to local police, the man was stopped and detained before he could carry out his plan to burn the flag.
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| December 23, 2014
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Haaretz Journalists Arrested for Spitting and Assaulting IDF officer

Cleared for publication:  Alex Levac and Gideon Levy were arrested for assaulting soldiers in attempt to cross into ‘Area A’ without legal documentation.

By Uzi Baruch and Yoni Kempinski

 

The Israeli journalists who were arrested Monday afternoon near the IDF checkpoint at Tulkarem, after they entered the Palestinian Authority-controlled Area A of Judea-Samaria without permission or IDF coordination, have been revealed as none other than Haaretz‘s Gideon Levy and Alex Levac.

Haaretz itself has blamed the IDF for the incident.

“Their job is to help the vital work of journalists and not sabotage it under false pretenses, and certainly not to arrest journalists performing their duties,” the newspaper stated Monday night.

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| June 19, 2014
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Nazi from Philly Arrested on German arrest warrant for death of 216,000 Jews

Johann Breyer of Philadelphia, faces extradition to Germany after being arrested in what could be the last legal battle against an American accused of Nazi war crimes.

By Arutz Sheva

 

Johann “Hans” Breyer, 89, of Philadelphia, was ordered held without bail Wednesday on a German arrest warrant charging him with aiding and abetting the killing of 216,000 Jewish men, women and children while he was a guard at the Auschwitz death camp.

Liberation from Auschwitz

Liberation from Auschwitz – Screenshot

Breyer was arrested by U.S. authorities Tuesday night and spent the night in custody.

Legal filings unsealed Wednesday in the U.S. indicate the district court in Weiden, Germany, issued a warrant for Breyer’s arrest the day before, charging him with 158 counts of complicity in the commission of murder. Continue Reading »

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| March 16, 2014
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‘Israel lover’ Arrested in Egypt for Star of David tattoo, Israeli Friends on Facebook

According to Egyptian authorities, the man “made contact with Israelis through his Facebook page, and he clicked ‘like’ on the Mossad’s Facebook page.”

By YASSER OKBI
 

 

A 24-year-old Egyptian has been arrested by authorities in Egypt for allegedly committing the crime of “loving Israel.”

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Man arrested for Israel ties [illustrative] – Photo: REUTERS

National media outlets in our neighbor to the southwest have already given the “suspect” the moniker “Israel-lover,” after he was spotted with a tattoo of the Star of David on his arm.

According to authorities, the man “made contact with Israelis through his Facebook page, and he clicked ‘like’ on the Mossad’s Facebook page.” Continue Reading »

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| March 30, 2013
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Israeli with Bullet in Bag Arrested at Mumbai Airport

 

Unnamed Israeli 23, was arrested after a bullet from his handgun was found by local authorities in his personal bag during routine search.

By Gil Ronen

 

An Israeli man, 23, was arrested in Mumbai Airport at week’s end after a bullet was found in his personal bag when he was about to board a flight to Nepal.

He is in jail and efforts are being made to free him.

Mumbai – ReutersThe young man’s father told Arutz Sheva Saturday night that his son routinely carries a personal handgun and that one of the bullets must have fallen out of the cartridge inside the bag when he was still in Israel. Continue Reading »

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