September 23, 2016
6:50 pm

Lehava leader Bentzi Gopstein (circled in red) arguing with a police officer at a choir performance in Jerusalem on September 22 2016. (screen capture: Channel 10)

Far-right extremists arrested for riot at Jerusalem choir event

Lehava chief Bentzi Gopstein, 2nd activist detained after disrupting performance by Armenian Church singers in finale of capital’s arts festival

By Times of Israel staff

September 21, 2016
2:12 pm

Barack Obama, left, and Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House in 2013. (Pete Souza/The White House/File)

For history’s greatest frenemies, fake smiles for a freighted farewell

Despite having the two-state solution on his mind, Obama’s final meeting with Netanyahu will be more about pretending to make nice one last time, with papers predicting the frowns and fireworks yet to come

By Joshua Davidovich

August 25, 2016
8:07 am

Police at a checkpoint in southern Israel on August 24, 2016. (Police spokesperson)

Police call off security alert in south, mum on details

Residents told to return to normal, hours after officers set up roadblocks and advised caution over undisclosed threat

By Times of Israel staff

August 24, 2016
11:11 pm

Police set up roadblocks across southern Israel over security threat

Army Radio reports possible infiltration from Gaza; Negev residents told to be alert for suspicious objects or people

By Times of Israel staff

August 20, 2016
9:24 am

Illustrative photo of an ambulance (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90 )

Man hit by car, killed while fleeing police on Route 6

Officers had attempted to stop truck driver, suspecting the vehicle to be stolen; 6 other people seriously injured in overnight accidents

By Times of Israel staff

July 30, 2016
9:20 pm

Northern Israeli town of Metulla at night (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

Bag containing explosive device found near Metulla

Police launch investigation into incident in field close to northern town on border with Lebanon

By Times of Israel staff

July 30, 2016
1:23 pm

Swedish police officer Mikaela Kellner is pinning a man to the ground who is suspected to have stolen a friend's mobile phone, in Stockholm Sweden, July 27, 2016. (Jenny Kitsune Adolfsson via AP)

Swedish policewoman makes arrest in bikini

Officer becomes a hit on social media after stopping a suspected thief while sunbathing

By AP

July 25, 2016
7:46 pm

Norwegian police boat cruising up the Drøbak Sound in the Oslo Fjord. (Wikipedia/Krister Brandser/public domain)

Policeman fines self for lack of boating safety

Norwegian cop writes himself a $58 ticket for not wearing compulsory life jacket while on police patrol of island

By AFP

July 23, 2016
11:32 pm

Police officers stand at the entrance of the subway station near the shopping mall Olympia Einkaufzentrum OEZ in Munich on July 23, 2016 a day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in the busy shopping center, killing nine people. (AFP PHOTO/DPA/Karl-Josef Hildenbrand)

Netanyahu sends condolences to Germany after Munich attack

PM says Israel stands by ally, day after German-Iranian teen kills 9 people in shooting rampage; police say no IS link

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

July 23, 2016
8:13 pm

A girl puts down flowers in front of the Olympia shopping center were a shooting took place, leaving nine people dead the day before on Saturday, July 23, 2016 in Munich, Germany. (AP Photo/Sebastian Widmann)

Munich pulls together after shopping mall shooting

Germans hail residents’ solidarity, offers of shelter, as deadly attack that killed 9 sent city reeling

By Simon Morgan

July 23, 2016
2:11 pm

A policeman stands guard at the Marienplatz square in Munich, southern Germany, on July 22, 2016, after a deadly attack at the Olympia-Einkaufszentrum shopping center in the Bavarian capital. (AFP PHOTO/dpa/Sven Hoppe )

Munich gunman was treated for depression; ‘no evidence’ of IS link

Authorities describe attack that killed 9 as ‘classic shooting rampage,’ investigators suspect Iranian-German Ali Sonboly, 18, was ‘deranged’; 3 Kosovans among dead

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

July 23, 2016
11:26 am

Police officers carry seized material after searching an appartment in the Dachauer Strasse in Munich on July 23, 2016, a day after a gunman went on a shooting rampage in the shopping mall Olympia Einkaufzentrum OEZ, killing nine people. (AFP PHOTO/DPA/Tobias Hase)

Police raid Munich apartment, search for motive in lethal attack

Gunman named as Iranian-German Ali Sonboly, 18; father taken for questioning, material confiscated from home; authorities say too early to define shooting that killed 9 as terrorism

By Agencies and Times of Israel staff

July 10, 2016
4:13 pm

Dallas police respond after shots were fired during a protest over recent fatal shootings by police in Louisiana and Minnesota, Thursday, July 7, 2016, in Dallas. Snipers opened fire on police officers during protests; several officers were killed, police said. (Maria R. Olivas/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

After Dallas shootings, Israeli pundits see civil war everywhere

As if the tragic killing of 5 policemen and rising racial tensions needed any playing up, Hebrew papers go into hyperbole mode

By Joshua Davidovich

July 9, 2016
6:15 pm

A man holds a sign during a vigil at Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas, Texas, on July 8, 2016, following the shootings during a peaceful protest on July 7 which left five police officers dead. (Laura Buckman/AFP/Getty Images/JTA)

Jewish groups mourn police, urge reform after Dallas shootings

Organizations express condolences for 5 cops killed by sniper at protest against police shootings of two unarmed black men earlier in week

By JTA

July 9, 2016
12:24 pm

A robot bomb disposal vehicle is seen in Arlington, Texas during a public safety agencies media day in 2011 (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)

Dallas police’s use of robot to kill sniper opens ethical debate

In apparently unprecedented tactic, police rigged bomb-disposal robot to kill armed suspect, raising questions on use of technology to fight crime

By Michael Liedtke and BREE FOWLER

Topic: Police

Far-right extremists arrested for riot at Jerusalem choir event

Lehava chief Bentzi Gopstein, 2nd activist detained after disrupting performance by Armenian Church singers in finale of capital’s arts festival

For history’s greatest frenemies, fake smiles for a freighted farewell

Despite having the two-state solution on his mind, Obama’s final meeting with Netanyahu will be more about pretending to make nice one last time, with papers predicting the frowns and fireworks yet to come

Police call off security alert in south, mum on details

Residents told to return to normal, hours after officers set up roadblocks and advised caution over undisclosed threat

Police set up roadblocks across southern Israel over security threat

Army Radio reports possible infiltration from Gaza; Negev residents told to be alert for suspicious objects or people

Man hit by car, killed while fleeing police on Route 6

Officers had attempted to stop truck driver, suspecting the vehicle to be stolen; 6 other people seriously injured in overnight accidents

Bag containing explosive device found near Metulla

Police launch investigation into incident in field close to northern town on border with Lebanon

Swedish policewoman makes arrest in bikini

Officer becomes a hit on social media after stopping a suspected thief while sunbathing

Policeman fines self for lack of boating safety

Norwegian cop writes himself a $58 ticket for not wearing compulsory life jacket while on police patrol of island

Netanyahu sends condolences to Germany after Munich attack

PM says Israel stands by ally, day after German-Iranian teen kills 9 people in shooting rampage; police say no IS link

Munich pulls together after shopping mall shooting

Germans hail residents’ solidarity, offers of shelter, as deadly attack that killed 9 sent city reeling

Munich gunman was treated for depression; ‘no evidence’ of IS link

Authorities describe attack that killed 9 as ‘classic shooting rampage,’ investigators suspect Iranian-German Ali Sonboly, 18, was ‘deranged’; 3 Kosovans among dead

Police raid Munich apartment, search for motive in lethal attack

Gunman named as Iranian-German Ali Sonboly, 18; father taken for questioning, material confiscated from home; authorities say too early to define shooting that killed 9 as terrorism

After Dallas shootings, Israeli pundits see civil war everywhere

As if the tragic killing of 5 policemen and rising racial tensions needed any playing up, Hebrew papers go into hyperbole mode

Jewish groups mourn police, urge reform after Dallas shootings

Organizations express condolences for 5 cops killed by sniper at protest against police shootings of two unarmed black men earlier in week

Dallas police’s use of robot to kill sniper opens ethical debate

In apparently unprecedented tactic, police rigged bomb-disposal robot to kill armed suspect, raising questions on use of technology to fight crime

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