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Israeli security forces clash with Palestinian citizens in the town of Umm al-Fahem in northern Israel, July 5, 2014. (Omar Samir/Flash90)

The colonial heritage of Israel’s police

Like South Africa and the United States, Israel's police were explicitly designed to enforce racial supremacy with violence and impunity.

By Suhad Bishara October 6, 2020

Leader of the Joint List, Ayman Odeh, casts his vote at a ballot station in Nazareth on election day for the 20th Knesset, March 17, 2015. (Basal Awidat/Flash90)

The Israeli right’s fury is driven by fear of Palestinian citizens

Palestinian citizens of Israel are intensifying their fight for equality. The right-wing has spent the last decade doing everything in its power to stop them.

By Amjad Iraqi December 27, 2019

Bentzi Sau, a candidate for the national police commissioner, has riled Palestinian citizens who have personally experienced his interpretation of law: oppression and harassment. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

A warrant for the repression of Israel’s Palestinian citizens

Bentzi Sau, a candidate for the national police commissioner, has riled Palestinian citizens who continue to experience his interpretation of law enforcement: oppression and harassment. Last week, a petition issued by the global civic organization Avaaz in Arabic and Hebrew circulated on social media, showing a photograph of a man dressed in police uniform. In…

By Amjad Iraqi August 9, 2015

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Menachem "Meni" Mazuz, Israeli Supreme Court justice. (Photo: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem)

Israel’s newest Supreme Court justice and rule of law in Israel

Menachem ‘Meni’ Mazuz’s recent appointment to the Supreme Court reveals, yet again, that the borders of the rule of law lie only with those who are considered part of the ‘Jewish nation,’ not all of Israel’s citizens. By Salah Mohsen The appointment of Menachem “Meni” Mazuz to the Israeli Supreme Court did not raise any debate…

By +972 Magazine September 29, 2014