internal affairs

Illustrative photo of an Israeli Border Police officer confronting a Palestinian protester. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Show me the evidence, just not the incriminating photos
Police internal affairs diligently investigates a complaint about police brutality, omitting one minor detail: the incriminating photos provided by the complainant. By Yossi Gurvitz In December 2014 a demonstration was held on Route 60 in the West Bank, near the Tunnels Checkpoint separating Jerusalem and Bethlehem. Palestinians were protesting the death of Minister Ziad Abu…
By +972 Magazine June 8, 2016
Israeli soldiers inspect a vehicle at the Enav checkpoint separating the West Bank Palestinian cities of Nablus and Tulkarem, January 11, 2016. (Ahmad Al-Bazz/Activestills.org)
Highway robbery at the Hizme checkpoint
How a drive to the bank can turn into a nightmare, all under the aegis of the Israeli investigative system. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz It all began with a normal car ride in early January 2016. Zahada Fahdi Awani Tawfiq and his friend, Janem Naal Gamal Harbi Tayb, were driving from East…
By +972 Magazine April 13, 2016
Masked Israeli Border Police officers (Illustrative photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
When the police start acting like a gang
A journalist learns that if you photograph Border Policemen committing a felony, you’ll probably end up paying for it. By Yesh Din, written by Yossi Gurvitz Near the end of January 2015, Amin Hassan Raneh Alawiya left his home in East Jerusalem’s Al-Azariya neighborhood and made his way to a wedding. As he later described…
By +972 Magazine May 7, 2015
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A police officer shoots and kills Kir Hamdan from Kafr Kanna. (CCTV footage)
No charges for officers involved in Kafr Kanna killing
Netanyahu and the Israel Police offer diametrically different responses to two cases of police violence, one against an Ethiopian Israeli and another against an Arab citizen of Israel. When it comes to police brutality, it seems that even racism stinks of discrimination. Two separate cases of police violence against Israeli citizens were caught and recorded…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 5, 2015
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