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| August 7, 2016
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13 yr-old Palestinian boy arrested after loaded handgun found in school locker

 

According to Israel Police, the handgun was found, holstered with two loaded clips, in the Palestinian boy’s locker at his Jerusalem school after reports of suspicious activity there.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD

 

A pistol and two loaded cartridges belonging to a 13-year-old Palestinian boy from east Jerusalem were seized by police at an area school overnight Sunday. The boy has been placed under arrest.

While details of the investigation remain unclear, according to police, the gun was found in a holster in the boy’s locker at the unidentified Jerusalem school, after intelligence was received about suspicious activity there.

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| August 7, 2016
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Israel Police to be equipped with personal body cameras

Israel Police started a pilot project to instill public trust in the police by equipping officers with body cameras, after having been proven to reduce violence between civilians and police.

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The Israel Police started a new pilot project Wednesday whereby patrol officers and traffic officers will wear body cameras. The pilot will last between three and four months, with 150 officers throughout the country recieving the cameras.

The feedback provided by the cameras is expected to help refine police policy and make the police more efficient. The end goal is to have every patrol officer outfitted with a body camera. Continue Reading »

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| July 27, 2016
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Israeli forces arrest Palestinian terror cell, kill terrorist responsible for death of W.Bank Rabbi

 

The Palestinian terrorist eliminated, after firing on a joint IDF, Israel Police & Shin Bet operation, has been identified in the media as 29 yr-old Muhammad al-Fakih.

By i24news

 

A Palestinian in a Hamas terror cell involved in the death Rabbi Michael Mark of was killed during an Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) operation overnight near the West Bank city of Hebron, Israel’s Channel 2 news reports.

“A terrorist behind the attack in which Rabbi Michael Mark was assassinated on July 1 was killed on Tuesday night during exchanges of fire with soldiers,” a statement from the IDF said.

The Palestinian killed has been identified in Palestinian media as 29-year-old Mohamed al-Fakih, from the village of Surif, to the north of Hebron. Continue Reading »

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| July 4, 2016
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New rules of engagement for Israel Police allow live fire against some rock-throwers

 

In response to an NGO petition to the Lod District Court, it has been revealed that new security rules were put into place to combat the current 9-month long wave of deadly Palestinian violence directed against Israelis.

By YONAH JEREMY BOB

 

Portions of the police’s classified new intifada rules of engagement approved by then-attorney-general Yehuda Weinstein in September 2015 to combat a wave of violence have been publicized, the NGO Adalah announced on Monday.

A Palestinian throws a stone at a Border Police vehicle during a protest near Ramallah. – Photo: REUTERS

The parts of the rules which were made public came under pressure from a petition by Adalah to the Lod District Court in its administrative court capacity. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2016
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Behind the scenes dispute between Israel Police, Judicial system and the Netanyahus

 

The incomplete/misleading Israel Police announcement regarding end of probe into PM Netanyahu’s residence and the exclusion of Sara Netanyahu’s name, lead to media speculations and intergovernmental infighting.

By Israel News

 

The investigation into the Prime Minister’s residences aroused fierce debate on Sunday between two enforcement bodies in Israel: the Israel Police and the Ministry of Justice. The central question being asked is who is responsible for wording the unusual announcement about which was published on Sunday informing that the investigation had been conclude. 

Attorney General Avihay Mandelblitt (left) and Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh – Photo: Ofer Meir

In the official announcement which was released by the police it was written that, “The investigation began in February 2016 with the approval of the attorney general and the state attorney. Continue Reading »

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| May 30, 2016
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Israel Police Remain Oblivious to the Camel Carnage Plaguing Southern Roads

 

With the latest fatality, a 60 yr-old female motorist who died from hitting camels left wandering along the highway last night, southern residents are baffled why there’s been only 1 prosecution after 7,151 complaints of unattended camels roaming Israel’s Negev roads.

By Eliana Royzen

 

Camels wandering the roads in the Negev are costing lives.

Camel accident Sunday night – Photo: Regavim

A woman was killed in a fatal road accident near Beersheva yesterday (Sunday), after crashing into a caravan of camels which were roaming the roads unattended.

Amichai Yogev, southern district director of the Regavim organization, provided legal representation for the family of David Cohen, who died a year and a half ago after colliding with a camel. Continue Reading »

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| May 25, 2016
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Israel Knesset Member: ‘What would happen if Jews raped Arabs?’

 

Likud MK Nava Boker expressed her shock & outrage after hearing of Israel Police ‘cover-up’ of an Arab gang-rape of a 20 yr-old, mentally challenged Jewish girl.

By Hezki Baruch

 

Likud MK Nava Boker on Wednesday reacted to the horrific rape of a 20-year-old mentally delayed Jewish girl in southern Tel Aviv two weeks ago, after police lifted a gag order on the arrest of two suspected Arab perpetrators and a hunt after the third Arab rapist.

In revealing the vile gang-rape, police noted that the three Arab attackers – one of whom is an Israeli citizen while the other two hail from Judea-Samaria – acted out of “nationalistic motives” and shouted racist slurs during the attack, which one of them video taped.
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| May 16, 2016
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Israel arrests phony-fisherman who’s Hamas arms smuggler

 

Cleared for publication: Spurious fisherman caught after his boat sailed outside the permitted area for Gaza’s fishermen, revealed during questioning details of his involvement in a Hamas smuggling operation.

By i24news

 

A joint Shin Bet, Israeli navy and Israel Police operation led to the arrest in April 2016 of a smuggler linked with Hamas, it was cleared for publication on Monday.

Palestinian Hamas militants take part in a 2015 anti-Israeli protest in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis (file) – Photo: SAID KHATIB /AFP

Salim Jamal Hassan Naaman, a 39-year-old resident of the Shati refugee camp in Gaza, was arrested by Israeli naval forces after his boat sailed outside the permitted area for Gazan fisherman, according to a Shin Bet statement.

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| May 16, 2016
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WATCH: IDF, Shin Bet & Israel Police snag terrorist during nighttime arrest

 

The Shin Bet noted that since the beginning of their investigation into the exploding pipe-bomb, they’ve made significant progress culminating in the arrest of the terrorist.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

In a joint overnight operation in conjunction with the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency), IDF and Israel Police, Sunday saw the arrest of two suspects in connection with a West Bank terror attack that seriously wounded an IDF officer on Yom Hazikaron.

Forces arrested 2 suspects that planted 9 IEDs north of Jerusalem on May 10th. Continue Reading »

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| April 14, 2016
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#ApartheidFail: Israel Appoints First Arab Muslim Deputy Police Commissioner

 

As deputy commissioner (one rank below the national police chief) Gamal Hakroosh is now the highest-ranking Arab in the force when Arab Muslims generally, are less integrated into Israel’s security forces, and those who do serve are often viewed as traitors.

By The Associated Press

 

The Israel Police promoted Gamal Hakroosh, an Arab police officer, to the rank of deputy commissioner on Wednesday, making him the highest-ranking Muslim ever to serve in the force.

Ordain and Police Commissioner Alsheikh giving Hakroosh his new rank – Photo: Motti Kimchi

In his new position, the 59-year-old Hakroosh faces an uphill battle overseeing policing in Arab communities, where residents are deeply suspicious of Israeli police. Continue Reading »

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| April 11, 2016
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Israel’s Arab towns to get 10 new police stations to enhance law enforcement

 

Jerusalem approves plan for enlisting 2,600 additional police officers to man 10 new police stations & the renovation of 10 existing ones in Arab or mixed cities to increase the personal security of residents in Jerusalem and the entire Arab sector.

By Moran Azulay, Roi Yanovsky

 

The Israeli government approved on Sunday a multi-year plan to improve law enforcement in the Arab sector and in Jerusalem.

Border Police officers at the Damascus Gate in Jerusalem – Photo: AFP

The plan, which seeks to gradually reduce the high crime rates in the Arab sector, is expected to cost several billions of shekels and be implemented starting this year and until 2020.  Continue Reading »

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| April 6, 2016
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Israel Police demolish ‘martyrs’ park in Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem 

 

After demolishing the obscene memorial garden in a Jerusalem Arab neighborhood commemorating terrorists who were killed while attacking Jews, Israel’s Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan said, ‘Police will act decisively against any display of incitement & support for terror against Israel.’

By Efrat Forsher

 

Jerusalem District police officers and city officials on Tuesday demolished a memorial garden in the Arab neighborhood of Ras al-Amud in east Jerusalem, which was created to commemorate terrorists — or “shahids” according to the garden’s founders — who have been killed during the current wave of violence.

A picture of a “shahid” at the park in east Jerusalem

The garden was created several weeks ago. Continue Reading »

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| February 24, 2016
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Israel’s Police Chief: Dept. Seeking To Recruit Huge Number of Muslim Officers

 

Police Commissioner Alsheikh says Israel National Police is preparing for a massive recruitment campaign to integrate more Israeli Muslims.

By Ahiya Raved

 

Israeli Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh spoke at a Tuesday ceremony, commemorating the official appointment of new Police Northern District Major General Alon Asor, saying that his organization will embark on a recruiting effort to enlist Muslims officers.

Police commissioner Alsheikh. – Photo: Ido Erez

“The police has been intensely handling the deepening of cooperation with the Arab population – while establishing police stations in Arab towns, and a massive recruitment effort of officers from the Muslim sector,” Alsheikh said. Continue Reading »

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| February 11, 2016
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Apartheid Israel? Israel National Police to have first Muslim commissioner

 

Israel made history once again when Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan announced Jamal Hakroush is to be promoted to the rank of Deputy Commissioner and is to set up new Arab branches of Israel Police.

By Raphael Poch

 

Israeli history is about to be made once again, and this time by Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan (Likud).

Deputy Inspector-General in Israel Police – Jamal Hakroush

Erdan intends to establish an executive administration that will be tasked with enforcing law within the Arab sector and to do that the executive will need to enlist Arab police officers into the Israeli police force. Continue Reading »

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| December 30, 2015
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Jerusalem District Court Rejects Police Restrictions On Jews Raising Hands On Temple Mount

 

After Yehuda Etzion, a Temple Mount activist was barred from Judaism’s holiest site by local police because he happened to raise his hands as if ‘in prayer’, Jerusalem Court ruled that prohibiting such innocent gestures will lead to ‘slippery slope.’

By Roi Yanovsky

 

The Jerusalem District Court accepted Monday the appeal of the Temple Mount activist Yehuda Etzion, and in canceling his expulsion from the holy site ruled that it was permitted to raise one’s hands while visiting there.

Temple Mount activist Yehuda Etzion on the Temple Mount – Photo: Honenu

Etzion was barred from entering the Temple Mount last week on suspicion of violating the rules as he raised his hands as if in prayer. Continue Reading »

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