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| June 8, 2015
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Alert Police Foil Jerusalem Stabbing Attack

Terrorist admitted to police that he had decided to stab Jews & that he had come to the Temple Mount for a last prayer before executing stabbing attack.

By Gil Ronen

 

Alert policemen foiled a terrorist stabbing attack Sunday in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Terrorist with knife – Illustrative file photo

The terrorist, an Arab man aged 25, from the Hevron area, had reached the Cotton Gate that leads to the Temple Mount, when officers the Temple Mount police spotted him and decided that he seemed suspicious.

They began to question him about what he was doing there but he managed to get away. Continue Reading »

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| May 11, 2015
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Israel Police to Finally Issue Rules on Temple Mount Prayer for Jewish Visitors

Police in Jerusalem have finally agreed to distribute a set of rules they expect Jewish visitors to the Temple Mount abide by.

By Yaakov Levi

 

With dozens of Jews arrested for “violating the rules” on visits to the Temple Mount, the Students for the Temple Mount organization had a simple question for police: Just what are the rules in the first place?

Jews on Temple Mount – Arnon Segel

The answer to that question has not been a simple one; police have often refused to say what is permitted and what is not, and often arrest Jews after much hectoring by Arabs, who accuse Jews of violating their “no Jewish prayer” rule. Continue Reading »

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| May 6, 2015
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Israeli Arabs Enraged Probe of Police Shooting of Kafr Kanna Resident Dropped

Israel Police closes internal investigation into fatal shooting of 22 year-old Khair Hamdan last November, saying evidence demonstrates officers acted in self defense.

By Hassan Shaalan

 

The Police Investigation Unit announced Tuesday that it would close the investigation into a police officer who shot and killed Khair Hamdan, a resident of Kafr Kanna, last year – an incident which led to major rioting and violence in the area.

Video footage showing police officer pointing gun at Hamdan.

The police found during the investigation that an officer who was driving the police patrol vehicle was the one who shot Hamdan, 22, and not another officer who was seen in a video of the incident holding a gun pointed at Hamdan.

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| April 19, 2015
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Israel’s Police chief: Arab driver deliberately drove over Israeli Jews

Police chief Danino reports their investigation concluded Palestinian committed a ‘horrible attack’ which took the life of Cherki and seriously injured Klein.

By AFP

 

A Palestinian driver deliberately rammed his car into a Jerusalem bus stop this week and killed an Israeli man in a “horrible attack”, police chief Yohanan Danino said on Saturday.

Site of attack – Photo: Rescue Services

“Today we can say that it is a horrible attack,” Danino said in a statement after an investigation into Wednesday’s incident. He ruled out initial suggestions that it had been an accident.

Shalom Yohai Cherki, 26, and Shira Klein, 20, were seriously injured in the attack on the bus stop in east Jerusalem. Continue Reading »

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| April 14, 2015
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Cleared for Publication: Israel Security Services Stymie Hamas Terrorism For Purim

After joint security operation, Israel Police arrest 2 Hamas terrorists that planned an attack against Jews during Israel’s Purim holiday.

By Yoav Zitun

 

The IDF, Shin Bet and Israel police stopped a Hamas terror cell planning to fire at soldiers near Abus Dis during Purim, it was cleared for publication on Tuesday.

Ma'an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan (Photo: Shin Bet)

Ma’an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan – Photo: Shin Bet


The members of the cell, who were arrested in early March, bought a car to be used in the attack, trained in shooting and collected intelligence on their target.

The two central members of the cell were leader Ma’an Nur al-Din Ahmad Shaer and Daud Raja Daud Adwan. Continue Reading »

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| April 2, 2015
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Israel Police recover 150 yr-old Jewish ledger stolen in Prague

 

Working with Czech law enforcement, the stolen historical document of the 19th century Jewish community in Prague was recovered in Petah Tikvah.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Police this morning identified an ancient book of historical Jewish significance allegedly stolen in 2007 from a Jewish museum in Prague and arrested several suspects in the matter.

Photo courtesy: Israel Police, Lahav 333

The book is a record of the Jewish community in the Czech Republic, which was written between 1835 and 1860. It was apparently stolen from the synagogue located inside the museum.

As part of a cooperative effort between Czech law enforcement and Israeli intelligence services, investigators were able to to detect the stolen artifact. Continue Reading »

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| March 7, 2015
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Jews Dress Up on Purim as Arabs to Ascend the Temple Mount

Jewish worshippers this Purim dressed up as Arabs in order to get around the police’s restrictions on Jews praying on the Temple Mount.

By Ben Ariel, Canada

 

A group of Temple Mount activists were spotted dressed up as Arabs on Friday in order to be able to enter the compound.

The Jewish activists did not do this in the spirit of Purim, which was celebrated in the capital on Friday. They did it in order to get around a ban on Jewish prayer which was imposed by the police.

Despite a court ruling earlier this week which said that police “must make sure that Jews are able to pray on the Temple Mount”, officers have been restricting Jewish prayer at the compound since Wednesday, telling worshippers that the restrictions are in accordance with a decision by the political leadership following pressure from Jordan.

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| March 3, 2015
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Jerusalem court rules Jewish prayer on Temple Mount permissible

Yehudah Glick wins NIS 650K law suit against the Israel Police for banning him for 2 years from visiting the Temple Mount for previously uttering a Jewish prayer at the site.

By JEREMY SHARON

 

Activists hailed what they labeled as an historic victory on Monday, after the Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court issued a ruling ostensibly backing claims that Jews be allowed to pray on the Temple Mount.

Mount of Olives

Dome of the Rock compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem’s Old City is seen from the Mount of Olives January 9. – Photo: EUROPEAN JEWISH ASSOCIATION

Activist Yehudah Glick had brought a law suit against the Israel Police for banning him for two years from visiting the site because of video evidence of him praying there. Continue Reading »

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| March 2, 2015
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Gag order lifted: 3 Israelis arrested for smuggling materials into Gaza for Hamas

Cleared for publication: Three Israelis indicted for smuggling materials into Gaza, in return for huge financial gains, thereby assisting Hamas rehabilitate and rebuild tunnels & destroyed infrastructure.

By Ilana Curiel & Yoav Zitun

 

Three Israelis were charged Monday with smuggling goods into the Gaza Strip, including materials used by Hamas to rehabilitate its tunnel operation in the wake of Operation Protective Edge last summer. During questioning, the three claimed that they had been trying to make a living.

The materials transferred by the three, one a resident of the Gaza border area, included iron, electronic equipment and other prohibited items. Continue Reading »

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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 5, 2015
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Israel Police Arrest Jew on Temple Mount for Non-Violent Response to Islamic Hecklers

After being shouted at, Prof. Yoel Elitzur was arrested Thursday for responding with, “Hashem, – He is God” (in Hebrew) to Islamists who yelled repeatedly, ‘Allahu Akbar’ at him.

By Ido Ben Porat, Cynthia Blank

 

Rabbi and Professor Yoel Elitzur was arrested Thursday morning by Israeli police on the Temple Mount, fellow Temple Mount rights activists said.

Elizur, a resident of the Samaria town Ofra, is a veteran activist for Temple Mount rights and has ascended to the holy site many of times in the past.

According to activists, Islamist operatives associated with the Marabtat organization “pressed up against Prof.

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| January 21, 2015
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Tel Aviv resident arrested for hacking Madonna’s computer in FBI-Israel Police operation

The Israeli suspect, found in a joint int’l FBI-Lahav 433 investigation, is being charged with computer trespassing, fraud, theft, and intellectual property offenses.

By MICHELLE MALKA GROSSMAN

 

A suspected Israeli hacker was arrested Wednesday on charges of hacking into the computers of Madonna and a number of other well-known artists in order to steal and distribute unreleased songs, Israel Police reported Wednesday.

Hacking into Madonna’s computer (illustrative) – Photo: INGIMAGE,REUTERS,JPOST STAFF

The months-long international investigation, conducted between the FBI and Lahav 433, the police’s special investigation unit, led investigators to a 39-year-old Tel Aviv resident.

The suspect allegedly hacked into the artists’ computers, stole unreleased tracks, and distributed the music over the Internet for money. Continue Reading »

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| December 17, 2014
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Israel Police in Tel Aviv reach out to new immigrants to volunteer

Israel Police seeks to build on the fact that many of the new immigrants were too old to serve in the IDF, yet, are looking to give back to the community.

By BEN HARTMAN

 

“Zionism doesn’t end at Ben-Gurion Airport, that’s where it begins”, says Jay M. Shultz of the Internationals Tel Aviv salon, addressing a group of mostly English-speaking immigrants on the 12th floor of the Tel Aviv municipality Monday night.

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Israeli Police. – Photo courtesy: Israel Police

It’s a rather muted pep talk, but there’s a decent turnout to hear it – 30 or so mostly Anglo immigrants who have heeded the call to sign up as volunteer officers with the Tel Aviv police’s Yarkon subdistrict civil guard, which covers the city’s northern end. Continue Reading »

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| December 15, 2014
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Israel Police Arrest 8 Arabs in Jerusalem Behind Online Incitement Campaign

8 Arab extremists arrested in Jerusalem in Israel Police’s largest operation of its kind against online incitement of racial hatred & violence.

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Israeli police said Monday that eight Arab residents of Jerusalem have been arrested for inciting anti-Jewish violence in postings on the Internet.

The eight were detained last week for “inciting hatred, violence and terrorism” against Jews and Israeli security forces, mostly with messages and videos on Facebook, a police spokesman told AFP.

The spokesman said one of the suspects had posted a picture of himself with an M16 assault rifle. Such postings had resulted in “many messages of support on Facebook,” he said.

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| November 28, 2014
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Security thwart likely stabbing attack: Female Palestinian with knife arrested in Hebron

Police say initial investigations conclude that the 17 yr-old girl had planned to stab Jewish security personnel at Israel’s holy site.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

Security forces arrested a 17-year-old Palestinian girl found to have a knife in her possession on Friday at the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron.

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Knife of Palestinian teen in Hebron. – Photo: Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit

The knife was revealed during routine security checks. Police said initial investigations indicated that she had planned to stab security personnel.

During the incident the youth initially refused to undergo a routine security check, leading security forces to repeatedly question her to do so. Continue Reading »

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