Yaqub Abu al-Qi'an

Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh at the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in southern Israel, after being hit in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet on January 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Police botched investigation into shooting of Arab MK, report finds

Human rights group demands Israel Police reopen its case into the 2017 shooting of Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet after finding the initial investigation was ‘negligent.’ The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel is appealing Israel Police’s investigation of its officers’ conduct during a home demolition in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm…

By Oren Ziv October 25, 2019

Israeli police run toward the Bedouin village of Umm el-Hiran, January 18, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Reconstruction of Umm al-Hiran killings disproves car-ramming claims

An investigative team led by Forensic Architecture and Activestills proves, through a reenactment and visual analyses of footage of the incident, that the deaths of a Bedouin teacher and an Israeli policeman in Umm al-Hiran in January were not the result of a car-ramming attack. By Yael Marom The results of a police investigation into…

By +972 Magazine May 17, 2017

Israeli policemen stand guard in front of the car of Yaqoub Abu Al-Qi'an, who was shot dead by Israeli police in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran, in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)

Accepting the truth about Umm al-Hiran killing isn’t enough

The slander and lies that accompanied the lethal shooting of a Bedouin teacher in Umm al-Hiran last month were nothing out of the ordinary. Walking it back won’t be enough. In the end, it took a looming police internal affairs report for one of Israel’s most senior government ministers to even consider walking back his insistent…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth February 23, 2017

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Screenshot of Al Jazeera footage showing that Yaqub Abu al-Qi’an was driving with his headlights on when police shot him.

Video contradicts more police claims in Umm el-Hiran killing

Police said Yaqub al-Qi’an’s headlights were switched off when police officers shot at his car. A video analysis by Forensic Architecture and Activestills appears to disprove that claim. By John Brown* Israeli police’s official version of the events that led to the death of two people — a Bedouin citizen of Israel and a police…

By +972 Magazine February 1, 2017