Tag: Israel Police
Poll: Israelis’ faith in police drops amid second lockdown
The public’s faith in police work is dwindling, according to a survey by the Institute of Criminology at the Hebrew University, the results of which were published on Sunday.
Initially conducted in April, during the...
Eilat beaches closed after Jordanian swims across border
Dozens of Israel Police officers and soldiers, as well as police sappers, were scrambled to Eilat’s southern beachfront on Wednesday to evacuate vacationers and sweep the area for a Jordanian citizen suspected of having...
Suspect arrested for attack on Temple Mount activist Yehuda Glick
A suspect was arrested on Friday in connection with the assault on former Likud Knesset member Yehuda Glick a day earlier, at the mourning tent of an autistic Arab man shot by Jerusalem police...
Israel Police use drones to track coronavirus patients
As part of the country’s efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel Police are using drones to keep tabs on coronavirus patients under home quarantine.
Israel is also using advanced surveillance...
Israeli Police launch nine-month campaign to maintain order in eastern Jerusalem
Almost every day for the past nine months, Israeli Police have raided the Palestinian neighborhood of Issawiya in eastern Jerusalem in a campaign to maintain law and order.
Rights groups say the police search homes...
Pro-Israel activists urge Durham Jewish Federation to drop mayor with BDS ties from event
A group of pro-Israel activists in North Carolina is calling on the Jewish Federation of Durham-Chapel Hill to rescind an invitation to Durham Mayor Steve Schewel to speak at a Feb. 20 event, citing...
Israel Police close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem over incitement
Israel Police closed multiple Palestinian institutions on Wednesday on orders issued by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The order was given after intelligence revealed that the Palestinian Authority was operating a branch of...
Israeli security minister Erdan: ‘Arab society is a very, very violent society’
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan on Monday morning blamed the violence of Arab society for a recent wave of murders in Israel’s Arab sector, drawing criticism from Arab Knesset members.
“Arab society—and I say...
![By Israel Defense Forces (Bil'in, Jan 2011) [CC BY 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Flickr_-_Israel_Defense_Forces_-_Bilin_Riot_Jan_2011_6-324x235.jpg "Yes, Israeli police should ask questions")
Yes, Israeli police should ask questions
In recent weeks, a handful of American Jews have loudly complained about being questioned by the Israeli police over their contacts with Palestinians. They would have us believe that the Israeli authorities are a...
Senior police and public-safety officials boost skills in Israel
After two intensive weeks of public-safety leadership training with Israel’s top policing executives, a delegation of 21 senior law-enforcement officials from Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee have returned home from the Georgia International Law Enforcement...