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Gal Hirsch at Vortex of War between Right and Left, Old and New

By JNi.Media

When Minister Erdan introduced Brig. Gen. (Res.) Gal Hirsch as his pick for the next Israeli police commissioner, his decision provoked angry reactions from several segments of the Israeli public.

Terrorism / Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Five Palestinian Administrative Detainees Begin Hunger Strike

By JNi.Media

Five administrative detainees in Ketziot Prison in the Negev desert started a hunger strike, according to the Israeli Prison Service.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Surreal: Israeli Police Raids Conference Against Anti-Democratic Administrative Detention

By JNi.Media

If the administrative orders weren't undemocratic enough, police raided a conference discussing those orders, arresting a number of the participants.

US / Police and Crime / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Murder Suspect Frazier Cross Claims Hatred of Jews is Self-Defense

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Cross is accused of murdering three non-Jews at Jewish institutions in Kansas City.

IDF & Security / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs

Minister Erdan Shocks Police by Naming Former IDF Officer as New Chief

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hirsch nominated as police chief is a bold attempt to redeem a police force rotten in public's eyes

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

State Issues Administrative Detention, Expulsion from Judea and Samaria Orders Against Jewish Activists

By JNi.Media

The lesson for these youths is there is no democracy or due process in Israel, confirming what many of them already believed to be true.

Jewish / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Kol Koreh Addresses Child Abuse, Urges Reporting To Secular Authorities

By Menachem Rephun

As its foundation, the kol koreh refers to the Torah’s statement in Leviticus 19:16, admonishing Jews to “not stand by while your neighbor’s blood is shed.”

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Asia

At Least 10 Involved in Bangkok Attack

By Jewish Press News Desk

Bangkok police say at least 10 people planned and carried out this week's bombing in the Thai capital.

Terrorism / Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists

2 More Arab Administrative Detainees Go on Hunger Strike

By JNi.Media

One of the terrorista was previously released in the Gilad Shalit deal and subsequently rearrested.

Terrorism / Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Israel Willing to Release Hunger Striking Arab Prisoner If He Leaves the Country

By JNi.Media

(JNi.media) Israel’s High Court on Monday heard an appeal to release Mohammed Allan, held under the rules of administrative detention, who has been on a hunger strike for two months. Allan is reportedly associated with Islamic Jihad. The 30-year-old Allan was arrested in November 2014 and detained without charge for two half-year periods, under the […]

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Arrests on Temple Mount: Jewish Boy for Wearing Tzitzit, Jewish Man for Singing to Groom

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The Islamic Waqf reportedly threatens a "disturbance" at the Temple Mount over Jewish clothing.

Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Reverse Apartheid: Police Charging Attorneys over Land Deal that Didn't Disclose Buyers Were Jewish

By Shalom Bear

The Arab landowners said, if they had known the buyers were Jews, they never would have sold them the land.

Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / The Knesset

Israeli High Court Approves Anti-Infiltration Law, Cutting Down Detention Time

By JNi.Media

Israel’s Supreme Court, in a nine-Justice panel, ended a five-year struggle over the right of asylum seekers and/or illegal migrant workers to gain entry into the Jewish State.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

A Tale of Two Temple Mounts

By Jewish Press News Desk

Today's examples of unequal treatment by police of Arabs and Jews on the Temple Mount.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Religious & Secular in Israel / Judea & Samaria

Itamar Ben-Gvir Threatened in Tel Aviv Hate Graffiti

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ben-Gvir demanded the Left condemn the graffiti and threats against his life, as strongly as they condemn the Right.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Defense Attorney Complain to AG on Shin Bet Treatment of Rabbi Kahane’s Grandson

By JNi.Media

Honenu legal aid attorney Yuval Zemer, who represents Ettinger, stated that his client had been subjected to shaking, harsh interrogations and violence while in Shin Bet custody.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Can Mort Klein Doubt Veracity of Duma Village Arson Stories without Being Dubbed ‘Jewish Extremist?’

By JNi.Media

Zionist Organization of America president Morton Klein on Tuesday cautioned against jumping to conclusions on the Duma arson.

Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Court Bans Yehuda Glick from Temple Mount because He Has a Camera

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The High Court refused to discuss Glick's appeal and accepted the lower court ruling.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Kahane’s Grandson’s Lawyer: Shin Bet Used Violence in Interrogation of ‘Not Ticking Bomb’ Suspect

By JNi.Media

Police believe Ettinger was behind the arson more than a month ago at the Church of the Multiplication of Loaves and Fish near the Sea of Galilee.

Op-Eds / Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Getting a Grip on Guilt: It's Not Always About the Jews

By Rachel Levy

Some Israelis seem to have forgotten no one has yet tracked down the murderers of Ali Bawabsheh.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

6 Stabbed in Jerusalem ‘Gay Pride’ Parade by Haredi Repeat Gay Stabber

By JNi.Media

The stabber is an ultra-Orthodox man who had stabbed three marchers at the gay pride parade in Jerusalem 10 years ago.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Police Charges Five Hilltop Youth with Arson of Church at the Kinneret

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The suspects belonged to an infrastructure that tried to disrupt the May 2014 visit of Pope Francis.

US / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Jonathan Pollard To Be Paroled in November

By Rachel Levy

Former Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard will be freed in November after spending 30 years in a U.S. prison.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Hebron Police Destroys 3 Tons of Marijuana

By JNi.Media

The marijuana valued at $50 million, and seized in an operation over the past few months.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Court Releases Two Youths Detained in Church Arson Case

By JNi.Media

The remand of three other suspects has been extended and the Attorney General’s office announced that it would file an indictment against two of them.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount / Intifada

Temple Mount Policemen Released from Hospital

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two Israeli policemen that were injured by Islamic terrorists on the Temple Mount on Sunday.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Saying Shema Yisrael on the Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

This is what happens to a Jew if he dares pray "Shema Yisrael", one of the Jewish People's oldest and most central prayers, if he is on the Temple Mount...

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Holidays & Observances / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Intifada

Livestream Video Feeds from the Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The following is a live feed / compilation of video feeds from Jewish visitors on the Temple Mount today, on Tisha b'Av. In the video you can see how the Jews get "greeted" by the Arabs on the Temple Mount, and the treatment they also get by the police, who are not happy that Jews […]

Global / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Israeli Businessman Outsmarts his Kidnappers in Bogota

By JNi.Media

The alleged kidnapper was employed as the Israeli’s bodyguard.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Gaza Area Israeli Farmers Meeting to Protest Immigration Authority Raids

By JNi.Media

“Hamas rockets have failed to eliminate our farms, but the state’s fines may do it,” say the farmers.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Policeman Who Brutally Attacked Amona Protester Gets Slap on the Wrist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The judge criticized the prosecution for letting the policemen off the hook with six months of community service.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Knesset / Israeli Arabs

Zoabi Fined a Whopping $130 for Insulting Public Official

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

She apologized for insulting an Arab policeman, and the State Prosecutor dropped charges of incitement.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Police Arrest Suspects in Church of Bread and Fish Arson

By JNi.Media

The Shin Bet and the police issued an edict preventing the suspects from meeting with a lawyer for five days.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Islamists / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Judaism

Illegal for Jews to Yell ‘Allahu Akbar’ at the Temple Mount

By Rachel Levy

Israel has a double standard for law enforcement when it’s Jews who are yelling “Allahu Akbar” in Jerusalem.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

FBI Raids Michigan Jewish Institute Affiliated with Local Chabad

By JNi.Media

Established in 2004, with 300 students, MJI today boasts more than 2,000 students, the vast majority of whom participate in the school’s distance learning program, many of them overseas.

Terrorism / Syria / Police and Crime / Bedouin / News Briefs / Islamists / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

Shin Bet Foils ISIS Terror Cell in Negev Bedouin Town

By Rachel Levy

The Shin Bet arrested six Negev Bedouin as budding members of a new ISIS terror cell.

Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Police Crack Israel-Palestinian Authority Egg-Smuggling Ring

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police closed in on a ring of Israeli and Palestinian Authority Arabs who smuggled eggs and sold to supermarkets in urban centers in Israel. The gang raked in more than $2.5 million a year in the operation that stamped the eggs with forged approval. Police investigator Shai Kovnator noted, "The phenomenon of smuggling eggs from […]

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria

Hebron Attack Foiled

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Arab man was caught by Border Police on his way to committing a terror attack in Hebron on Thursday night

Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs

Taxpayers Fork Out $90,000 for Police Commissioners' Farewell Party

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Yochanan Danino also distributed 200 books written in his honor and called, "My Father, the Commissioner."

Haredim & Hassidim / NY / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Chabad / Religion / Obituaries

Funeral for Rabbi Yekutiel Menachem Rapp, obm

By Jewish Press News Desk

The funeral for Rabbi Yekutiel Menachem Rapp is to pass by 770 Eastern Parkway Tuesday at 3:45 pm ET.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Explosive Device Found Near JM Broadcasting Authority

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following an initial explosion, police found a second explosive device.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Shooting Victim Appears at Jerusalem's Hadassah After Fight in Wadi Joz

By Jewish Press Staff

A shooting victim in Wadi Joz traveled for treatment all the way to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Intifada

Jerusalem Jews Launch Vigilante Police Force against Arab Terror

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

After more Molotov cocktails and rock-throwing attacks on homes in eastern Jerusalem, city council member Aryeh King is fed up with lack of protection.

Israel / US / Global / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Gun Homicides: Comparative Gun Stats

By Jewish Press News Desk

In response to the shooting at the church in Charleston, South Carolina, President Obama compared gun homicides in the US to other developed countries. President Obama @POTUS Here are the stats: Per population, we kill each other with guns at a rate 297x more than Japan, 49x more than France, 33x more than Israel. 4:49 […]

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

UN Soldiers Illegally Occupy Handicapped Parking Spots in Katzrin

By Shalom Bear

UN soldiers stationed in Katzrin don't care what laws they break or who they inconvenience.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Religious Student Blocked From Temple Mount as Class Goes Up

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police realized the University student was a religious Jew and didn't let him join his class's field trip.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs

Arab Rioters Disrupt Jerusalem Light Festival Preparations

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The annual festival takes place throughout and around the entire Old City of Jerusalem, and is a very popular attraction.

Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria / Intifada

Ministerial Committee Approves Tougher Stand on Stone Throwers

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

A ministerial committee has approved tougher criminal standards for dealing with stone throwing.

Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Court Sentences Olmert to 8 Months in Jail for Talansky Scandal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"You shall not take a bribe, for bribery blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts just words." Deuteronomy 16:19

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / Obituaries

Hebron gearing up for Rabbi Levinger's funeral

By Jewish Press News Desk

The police are asking everyone to be patient and follow their instructions.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Police Finally Fire Officer Who Assaulted Soldier of Ethiopian Origin

By Jewish Press News Desk

Police have finally fired the officer who was caught on video assaulting Damas Pakada and then arresting him for supposedly having attacked him. Police commissioner Yochanan Danino explained that the unidentified police officer was not dismissed immediately because he "made several claims" and that discussions on in the incident included legal advisers. The broadcast of […]

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Israeli Police Chief Calls for Reevaluation Israel's Marijuana Policy

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

"The public has advanced to the point that they understand that cannabis users are normative citizens who are not harming anybody and that there's no reason to persecute them and incriminate them."

IDF & Security / US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Intifada

PA Honors Most Brutal Murderers of Israelis in Collective Memory

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Here are the gory details of the Ramallah lynching - for which some were recently honored by our "peace partners," the PA.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Police Appeal Decision Allowing Glick Onto Temple Mount

By Jewish Press News Desk

The police claim, if Rabbi Yehuda Glick goes up to the Temple Mount, it could lead to riots and a public safety risk.

Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / The Knesset

Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked Receives Bodyguards After Leftwing Threats

By Jameel@Muqata

Shaked is known as an outspoken and intelligent advocate for Zionism and democracy.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Two Suspects Arrested in Murder of Two Mississippi Policemen

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mississippi police have arrested two brothers for allegedly murdering two policemen who stopped them for a traffic check of a 2000 Gold Cadillac Escalade. The suspects are black, while pictures of the victims indicate than one is black and one is white. The murders follow several shootings of policemen in New York City and elsewhere […]

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Olmert Uses Tony Blair as Character Witness

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert brought to court Tuesday morning a letter from former "peace process" broker Tony Blair in an effort to stay out of jail for his conviction of pocketing approximately $150,000 from Morris Talansky of New York. The prosecution asked the court to jail Olmert for more up to 18 months. The […]

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Arabs Leaders to Join Ethiopians in New Protest against Police

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Leftists and right-wingers remain silent in the demonstration they should be leading.

NY / Police and Crime / News Briefs

NYPD Cop Shot in the Head

By Jewish Press News Desk

Brian Moore is the 5th NYPD cop to be shot in the past 5 months.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / The Temple Mount

Police Ban Yehuda Glick on Temple Mount because He Is 'Dangerous'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Glick's tell the court that if he is so dangerous, the police should not let him out of his house.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Peaceful Protest by Ethiopians against Police Brutality Turns Violent

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Police drew the red line at the protest when the peace march threatened security at Netanyahu's official residence.

First Person / US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Religion / Judaism

From Segregation to Confrontation - No Nostalgia for Baltimore

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Ravens' Ray Lewis screamed that violence is never the answer." Unfortunately, he is wrong.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Judea & Samaria

Terrorists Targeting Border Police

By Shalom Bear

Since 2014, the Border Police have become a favorite target for Arab terrorists.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Hackers Reportedly Infiltrate IDF Computer Network

By Jewish Press News Desk

The hackers used easily downloadable, but sophisticated, hacking tools to do the job, rather than requiring any in-house technical knowledge.

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Media

JewishPress.com Gets Spray Painted

By Jewish Press Staff

Pardon our disappearance, the JewishPress.com website was hacked overnight.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Rabbi Pinto Pleads Guilty to Bribery

By Jewish Press News Desk

"Rabbi of Celebrities" Yoshiyahu Pinto pleaded guilty Tuesday to charges of bribery, attempted bribery and obstruction of justice. He arrived at the Tel Aviv District Court hearing directly from a hospital where he was bang treated after having returned from the United States to Israel. Rabbi Pinto will be given a reduced sentence because he […]

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

General Strike in Kafr Kana

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Six residents, including Kafr Kana municipal council mayor Mujahad Awadeh, were lightly wounded in clashes with police.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Biggest Democratic Foe of Obama on Iran Indicted

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Sen. Menendez indicted; claims charges against him tricks by political enemies.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / The Temple Mount

Man Arrested at Temple Mount Entrance with Contraband

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The young man was discovered wearing Tefillin as he tried to go onto the Temple Mount.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Israeli Arabs / Local

Arab Teens Nabbed in Horseback Robbery

By Jewish Press News Desk

A couple hiking in the woods near Jerusalem this weekend were robbed by Arab teens on horseback.

Terrorism / US / Police and Crime / Travel / News Briefs / Local

Airport Bomber Foiled in New Orleans

By Jewish Press News Desk

Richard White, 62, tried to attack a TSA agent Friday at New Orleans airport with a machete.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Never Too Young to Drive (or Get Caught)

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

On Sunday morning, a motorcycle cop noticed a driver on the road that looked suspicious to him.

Terrorism / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Three Injured Policewomen Still in Hospital

By Jewish Press News Desk

The three were among a group of policewomen injured in a terror attack on Friday.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs

US Ambassador to South Korea Slashed by Activist

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

US Amb to South Korea attacked at event in Seoul, slashed face and hand.

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Sports

Beitar JM Soccer Team Owner Shot

By Jewish Press News Desk

This isn't the first assassination attempt against him.

Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany / Holocaust / Assimilation

Berlin 2015: Jewish Magazines Now Arrive in Plain Paper for Safety

By Rachel Levy

In Berlin 2015, a major Jewish monthly magazine is now delivered in plain wrapping paper -- to minimize the chance of attack.

NY / Police and Crime / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Former Cop Sues NYPD for Anti-Semitism, Including Nazi and Oven Jokes

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Ex-NYPD cop sues for anti-Semitism, - including Nazi and "oven" jokes - in the police force.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Saudi Arabia / Science and Tech / Obituaries

Saudis Hold Body of U.S. Elbit Subcontractor After Mysterious Death in Tabuk

By Rachel Levy

A U.S. defense subcontractor for Elbit died mysteriously in Saudi Arabia on Jan 15. His body's still held there.

Terrorism / Syria / Druze / Police and Crime / Bedouin / News Briefs / Turkey / Islamists / Religion / Israeli Arabs / ISIS

Shin Bet Sting Nabs Israeli Arabs Joining Al Qaeda, ISIS

By Rachel Levy

A Shin Bet sting nabs Arab Israelis after returning from Syria where they join Al Qaeda and ISIS-linked terror groups -- a whole group this month.

US / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Islamists

Report: US Sgt Released by Taliban for 5 Gitmo Prisoners to be Charged with Desertion

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Reports that Bowe Bergdahl to be charged with desertion. Five Gitmo prisoners released for his freedom.

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