Kheir Hamdan

Israeli policemen stand guard as bulldozers demolish houses in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm el-Hiran, in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)
Assault on Palestinian man shows violent effects of police impunity
Even when brutality is documented, Palestinians must live with the knowledge that they are unlikely to receive truth, justice, or respect from the authorities that claim to serve them. In the wake of a video released last Thursday showing an Israeli police officer assaulting a Palestinian truck driver in East Jerusalem, Police Commissioner Roni Alsheikh…
By Amjad Iraqi March 25, 2017
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
Arab youth clash with Israeli riot police in Kafr Kanna, Israel, November 8, 2014. The protests took place after an Arab man from the village was shot and killed by Israeli policemen. (Photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Justice unlikely in deadly Kafr Kanna police shooting
Clashes break out in the town in northern Israel as police demolish local resident’s home. Knesset member warns of ‘consequences’ if the officer who shot Khair Hamdan isn’t charged. The Israeli Police’s internal affairs unit plans to close its investigation into the officer who was filmed shooting and killing Kheir Hamdan in Kafr Kanna last year, according…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 13, 2015
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Israeli police arrest an Arab youth during clashes in Kfar Kanna, November 8, 2014. Clashes broke after police shot and killed 22-year-old Kheir Hamdan while he was attempting to flee after striking a police van with a knife. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
The difference between Israel’s violent, racist cops and America’s
It’s in how Israel and America, especially their respective leaders, react to these cops’ most outrageous crimes. Israeli police are not the only ones with a habit of getting trigger happy when they come up against members of a feared and hated ethnic minority. While many Israeli cops (and soldiers) have a tendency toward overkill…
By Larry Derfner November 10, 2014
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