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| November 28, 2014
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Israel Police’s new ‘spy balloons’ gives added security to Jerusalem residents

 

Israel’s aerial optical security technology provides police a “3rd dimension” in efforts to quell Arab rioters
• Skystar 180 aerostat can be airborne for 72-hrs, using its sensitive cameras.
• Imam of Al-Aqsa mosque: “It is practically over the houses. It violates the privacy of people”

The Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

In the face of Jerusalem’s worst wave of violence in nearly a decade, Israeli police are watching from above in their attempts to keep control in the city.

The Skystar aerostat surveillance system, which the Israeli police recently started using in Jerusalem to track clashes – Photo: AP

Police have been flying surveillance balloons over the city’s eastern sector and Old City — the location of its most sensitive holy sites — to monitor protests and move in on them quickly.

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| November 26, 2014
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East Jerusalem Arab posed as Border Police Officer to extort Palestinians

Arrested Arab male posed as Israel Border Guard officer to ‘arrest’ Palestinians, then demanded a ransom for their ‘release.’

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

 

 

A Palestinian resident of the Al-Ram neighborhood in East Jerusalem was arrested on Tuesday on the suspicion he posed as an Israeli Border Police officer, “arrested” Palestinians, and then blackmailed them for their “release.”

Israel Police items found in possession of the suspect. (Photo: Israel Police)

Israel Police items found in possession of the suspect. – Photo courtesy : Israel Police

According to initial reports, the Palestinian man, around the age of 40, had an Israeli police uniform identified with officer tags, a military vest, a radio, and a report pad for issuing fines. Continue Reading »

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| November 23, 2014
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VIDEO: Palestinian PM Screams ‘Foul’ After Car Stopped by Israel Police for Speeding

Ma’an News Agency reports Palestinian PM Rami Hamdallah’s convoyed was stopped again while traveling to Ramallah, this time according to Israel Police, the convoy was speeding.

 

Israel Police on Sunday stopped the convoy of the Palestinian prime minister in the West Bank, Ma’an news agency reported.

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah speaking to reporters. – Photo: AP

The convoy of Rami Hamdallah was traveling between Tulkarem and Ramallah, when it was stopped for about half an hour by police, according to the report.

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Police said the convoy was held up because it was speeding near the settlement of Eli, but an official from Hamdallah’s office denied that to Ma’an.

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| November 20, 2014
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Israeli police seize weapons called ‘Christmas decorations’ destined to E. Jerusalem Arabs

Israel Police suspect that the weapons in the 2 containers, which included fireworks, knives & electroshock devices, were meant to be given to Palestinian protesters.

 

Three suspects from northern Israel are in custody after taking possession of two shipping containers full of fireworks, knives, swords and electroshock weapons, according to the Israel Police.

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Israeli police inspect the contents of containers in which weapons were found under the guise of Christmas decorations, 2014. – Photo: Israel Police

A gag order on the seizure was lifted on Thursday.

The containers were shipped from China under the guise of Christmas decorations and addressed to a resident of Beit Hanina, a largely Christian neighborhood in East Jerusalem.

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| November 8, 2014
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Arab town in Galilee begins riots & protests after police shoot knife-wielding man

 

Riots & rock-throwing begins when 22 yr-old Arab man succumbs to his gunshot wounds after police shot him during attempted stabbing attack.

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

The Arab town of Kafr Kana in the Lower Galilee declared a general strike on Saturday morning following the death of a local man whom police shot after he apparently tried to attack them with a knife, Israel Radio reported.

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Israeli Police. – Photo: ISRAEL POLICE

Dozens of youth in the area were hurled stones at police forces while others torched tires as patrol vehicles were positioned at the town’s entrances in attempt to prevent disturbances, according to the radio station.

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| October 29, 2014
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Surveillance balloons tracking rioters in East Jerusalem for subsequent arrests

3 surveillance balloons currently operating now with 2 more to come for police to use to bust youngsters throwing ‘Molotov cocktails’ & stones at light rail & passing cars.

 

The Jerusalem municipality said this week that it was deploying three surveillance balloons over East Jerusalem to aid police in stopping Palestinian rioting. Two more balloons will soon be added as part of a new municipal unit for aerial surveillance.

The Israeli Surveillance balloon, Skystar aerostat, includes the advanced thermal camera SPEED-A. – Photo: iHLS

The balloons have been hovering high above hot spots on the capital’s eastside – the Shoafat neighborhood, the light rail route, and Jewish enclaves within Arab neighborhoods. Continue Reading »

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| October 9, 2014
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Jordan Condemns Israel for Police Response to Riots on Temple Mount

Jordan condemns the conduct of Israel Police personnel who responded to Arab rioters on the Temple Mount.

By Elad Benari, Canada

 

Hours after Arab rioters attacked Israeli security forces at the Temple Mount, Jordan criticized Israel on Wednesday over security forces’ conduct in reaction to the riots.

“The forces of the occupation … prevented religious officials entering (the compound) and cleared it of all Muslims, while at the same time enabling Jewish extremists to storm it, and pray with security forces protection,” government spokesman Mohammed Momeni said in a statement quoted by the AFP news agency.

He called on Israel to “stop its devastating campaign against the Al-Aqsa mosque, religious officials and worshippers,” slamming “police… firing bullets and bombs inside the compound, which injured dozens of people.” Continue Reading »

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| October 8, 2014
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4 policemen injured in Temple Mount riot before locking assailants inside Al-Aqsa Mosque

Police forces drive Arab assailants into Al-Aqsa Mosque then lock them inside after the rioters threw rocks, metal rods and Molotov cocktails.

By Elior Levy

 

 

Dozens of veiled rioters hurled stones and fireworks at police officers Wednesday morning on the Temple Mount. A police force entered the compound and pushed the assailants back into the Al-Aqsa Mosque complex; four officers were wounded and were treated by medics on location.

Police forces at Temple Mount (Photo: Jerusalem Police)

Police forces at Temple Mount – Photo courtesy: Israel Police

Five rioters were arrested. Police and Palestinian sources said the clashes were premeditated – a group of Palestinians had spent the night at the compound in order to intensify the tense atmosphere in the morning hours. Continue Reading »

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| September 16, 2014
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5 Arab 12-13 yr-old Kids Arrested for Hurling ‘Molotov Cocktails’ at Jews in Jerusalem

5 Arabs youths aged 12-13 from Abu Tor in East Jerusalem admit after being placed under arrest, to throwing firebombs at Jewish homes, simply because they ‘hate Jews.’

By Uzi Baruch, Ari Yashar

 

Police on Monday arrested five Arab children aged 12 to 13 from the mixed Jewish and Arab neighborhood of Abu Tor in eastern Jerusalem, after they threw molotov cocktails at Jewish homes in the neighborhood.

Arab terrorist throws molotov cocktail (file)

Arab terrorist throws molotov cocktail (file) – Reuters

The five perpetrators admitted under investigation to hurling the firebombs at the homes of Jewish families on several different occasions because they “hate Jews,” as they put it. Continue Reading »

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| August 28, 2014
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Israeli-Arab Drug Ring Arrested for Aiding Hezbollah

Israel Police & the Shabak reveled how Arab drug dealers from northern Israel built ties with Hezbollah terrorists, who exploited the Israelis to smuggle their drugs & weapons.

By Yaakov Levi

 

Israel Police and the Shabak (Israel Security Service) announced Thursday that it had arrested several Arab-Israelis who are accused of aiding and abetting Hezbollah terrorists. The investigation into the detainees went on for several months, and they were arrested on July 27, the announcement said.

Hezbollah parade in Lebanon (file) – Photo: Reuters

The investigation was originally designed to uncover the massive drug pushing that the suspects were involved in. Continue Reading »

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| July 31, 2014
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Police shoot suspicious woman who failed to heed warnings to stop at Western Wall

A 35yr-old Jewish woman was taken to hospital with light injuries for failing to heed warning shot from Israel police.

By DANIEL K. EISENBUD, JPOST.COM STAFF

 

A 35-year-old woman draped in blankets, who repeatedly refused to identify herself to Western Wall security guards as she continued walking toward a checkpoint, was shot in the leg on Wednesday night when she refused to stop after a warning shot was fired.

Security cameras at the Western Wall (Kotel)

At approximately 8:30 p.m., security guards became suspicious of the unidentified Jewish woman as she approached them, and asked her to stop and identify herself, police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said. Continue Reading »

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| July 7, 2014
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Israel Police arrest 1st Jew for online incitement to violence

 

Police arrest a 37 yr-old Arad resident for posting incitement material on an online group called “The Jewish Gang”
• PM Netanyahu: I do not distinguish between acts of terror & incitement from either side; both will be dealt with severely.

By Itsik Saban & Shlomo Cesana

 

The first arrest of an Israeli Jew for online incitement to nationalistic crimes has been made. The National Cyber Crimes Unit of the Lahav 433 Major Crimes Unit arrested a 37-year-old Arad resident as part of the investigation into online incitement to racist and violent acts.

Jewish Israelis were questioned after posting material on an online group called “The Jewish Gang” – Photo: AP

Two more citizens, a 23-year-old from Mevaseret Zion and a 22-year-old from Petach Tikva, were detained for questioning over allegations of publishing online extremist material calling for violence.

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| July 6, 2014
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Israel Police: Arab Arrested for the Murder of Teenager, Shelly Dadon

38 yr-old Arab taxi driver confesses & reconstructs the act to his murder of Afula teenager ‘for nationalistic reasons’.

By Gil Ronen and Ari Soffer

 

The murder of Afula teenager Shelly Dadon has been solved, police announced Sunday.

Shelly Dadon

Shelly Dadon (ז”ל) – Photo Courtesy of the Dadon Family

Police and the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) have arrested a taxi driver, 38, from the Arab town of Shefar’am, on suspicion that he carried out the murder for “nationalistic” reasons.

The suspect, named as Hassin Yousef Hassin Khalifah, admitted under police interrogation to committing the murder, and even reconstructed the crime for police. Continue Reading »

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| July 2, 2014
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60,000 Israelis download free SOS app since kidnapping of 3 Jewish teens

Free lifesaving Israeli phone app will set in motion emergency distress alert with a simple swipe of your finger.

 

Following the tragic murders of the kidnapped youths, 60,000 Israelis have already downloaded the one-swipe emergency alert application that was recently offered free to the public by the volunteer rescue organization, United Hatzalah (UH).

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United Hatzalah’s SOS app. – Photo: Courtesy

Parents are urged to download the lifesaving app called SOS, which could prevent future abductions, said UH founder and president Eli Beer. With one simple swipe of the finger, SOS subscribers can inform the non-profit organization, which has an active switchboard around the clock, that they are in distress and give the security forces permission to track their exact location using patented GPS technology. Continue Reading »

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| July 1, 2014
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Israel Police release recording from Gil-Ad Shaer’s emergency call: “We’ve been kidnapped”

 

Some Police officers were dismissed & may possibly be fired after release of emergency police call from kidnapped Gil-Ad Shaer, shortly after his abduction.

By Omri Efraim

 

 

Israel Police on Tuesday released a recording of the emergency call made by Gil-Ad Shaer shortly after his abduction in the West Bank on June 12, whose bodies were found Monday near Hebron.

These are the most dramatic moments in the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens – Naftali Frenkel, Gil-Ad Shaer, Eyal Yifrach.

At 10:25pm on Thursday, June 12, Gil-Ad Shaer make a chilling call to the police’s 100 call center, saying “I’ve been kidnapped.” Continue Reading »

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