Israel police scandal

Former police commissioner questioned under suspicion of employing illegal resident

The inquiry followed a police operation in Givat Shmuel on Monday, during which an undocumented worker was arrested and said he had been working at a semi-detached house in the area.

Former chief of police Roni Alsheikh.
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Israel Police 'in uproar' as high-ranking officer interrogated over severe abuse of power suspicion

 Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir seen outside the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on March 13, 2024.

Police captain probed for abuse of power against protesters, Ben-Gvir hits out

 AMITAI ABOUDI, who was allegedly attacked by Tel Aviv district police Special Patrol Unit head Yair Hanuna during a protest against the government’s judicial overhaul, arrives for questioning at the Jaffa Police Station, this week.

How Amitai Aboudi became the poster boy for Israeli police brutality


Jewish cop allegedly attacked Arab colleague at Purim party

The incident at an event hall is now under investigation by the Ministry of Justice Police Internal Investigations Unit, which declined to comment.

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Four police officers suspected of sexual assault

The alleged offenses, originally reported by Channel 1, took place a few months ago at the the Jerusalem police station.

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Three policemen indicted for aggravated assault

According to the indictment, one officer punched a man and attacked him with a hammer, shattering his hand and knee.

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Police commissioner’s plan to command elite investigative unit draws criticism

Ex-police officials: Restructuring a "deliberate weakening" of investigations.

Police Chief Roni Alsheich at the Israel Bar Association Conference at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv

Beduin allege police frame-up in teacher’s death

In 1956, the same families were forced off their land in the Wadi Zbala area of the Negev and relocated by the army to what became Umm al-Hiran.

BEDUIN TAKE part in a rally marking Land Day in Umm al-Hiran in March.

Netanyahu to be questioned again on Friday

Earlier, the PM said: "Long years of persecution turned out to be nothing."

Benjamin Netanyahu

Public Defender slams Israel Police for brutality, rights abuses

The report notes a number of deficiencies in the country’s criminal justice system, including too many indictments, police brutality and the violation of suspects' rights.

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Comment: The ‘natural’ excuse for Israeli racial profiling

Smart police work doesn’t involve castigating a whole community as suspicious, it involves educating police not to be naturally suspicious.

Police Chief Roni Alsheich at the Israel Bar Association Conference at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv

Police do damage control after Alsheich remarks

Many in Ethiopian Israeli community still not satisfied.

Police Chief Roni Alsheich at the Israel Bar Association Conference at the David Intercontinental Hotel in Tel Aviv

Police accused of withholding information on sex crimes to boost public image

The Haaretz report cites several cases of alleged rape and sexual assault in which the police did not issue a statement.

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