Israeli Police Brace for Possible Wide-scale, Violent Protests Inspired by Scenes in U.S.

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In closed meetings, commanders are concerned that protesters will act more aggressively, influenced by police brutality protests in the United States following the killing of George Floyd. Israeli protesters demonstrate in Jerusalem, June 9, 2020. Police commanders voiced concern over … Read More

180,000 Muslims pray peacefully at Al-Aqsa Mosque on first Friday of Ramadan

Israel eases restrictions on travel from West Bank; police deploy hundreds of officers to ensure worshipers can mark the holy month at the Jerusalem flashpoint Muslim worshipers pray in the al-Aqsa Mosque compound at Jerusalem’s Temple Mount on May 10, … Read More

Police boot Jews from Temple Mount for raising Israel flag on volatile day

Jerusalem Day revelers questioned for violating visitation rules at contested holy site, as security forces prepare for afternoon flag march in Old City. Jews and Muslims clashed Sunday morning on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City, with police detaining … Read More

Analysis Netanyahu Declares War on Israel’s Police and Will Stop at Nothing to Smear Them

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While Benjamin Netanyahu ratcheted up the rhetoric this week in an effort to impugn all those involved in investigating him, Labor leader Avi Gabbay garnered his own fair share of juicy headlines. The first shots in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s … Read More