July 12, 2017
12:16 pm

A rededication ceremony at the New England Holocaust Memorial in Boston, Massachusetts, following an act of vandalism, July 11, 2017 (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)

Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism

After one of the Shoah memorial’s glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston’s response to the incident

By Matt Lebovic

June 10, 2017
8:01 pm

Protesters in Kafr Qassem on June 10, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

Thousands protest police killing, rampant crime in Arab town

Days after local man was killed during riot in Kafr Qassem, demonstrators rail against authorities’ conduct

By Times of Israel staff

June 1, 2017
4:30 pm

The world's first operational police robot stands to attention near the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai on May 31, 2017. (AFP Photo/Giuseppe Cacace)

Robocop officer joins Dubai police

Officers hope device, which has a touchscreen in its chest to report crimes, will make up 25% of force by 2030

By AFP

March 28, 2017
3:29 pm

A hallway at Hadassah hospital in Mount Scopus in Jerusalem on March 15, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Domestic help

Stories about abuse of medical staff and sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community assist papers in filling a foreign news hole

By Joshua Davidovich

March 23, 2017
4:49 pm

Police officers and and Sedee-Dovo, the mine clearance service of Belgian defense, patrol in Antwerp where Belgian police arrested a man on March 23, 2017 after he tried to drive into a crowd at high-speed in a shopping area in the port city of Antwerp, a police chief said. (AFP/Belga/VIRGINIE LEFOUR)

Man arrested trying to drive into crowd in Antwerp, weapons found in car

Driver identified as French national; bomb disposal units dispatched to scene

By AFP

February 17, 2017
4:22 pm

Rabbi Alvin Kass addressing members of the press. (Courtesy Lt. Steven A. Jerome)

Rabbi celebrates jubilee as chief NYPD chaplain

Far from retiring, Alvin Kass, 80, is as active as ever in the biggest police department in the US — and the force can’t imagine the position without him

By Rich Tenorio

February 15, 2017
4:17 pm

A bud tender at Private Organic Therapy, or POT, a nonprofit cooperative medical marijuana dispensary in Los Angeles, displays various types of marijuana available to patients, Oct. 19, 2009. (David McNew/Getty Images/JTA)

Police smoke out weed growers in Tel Aviv apartment

Young couple detained after being found with some 20 pounds of marijuana

By Times of Israel staff

December 9, 2016
11:51 am

An illustrative photo of the Ramat Gan diamond center, where many binary options firms are located, June 23, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Facing threats and government inaction, Israeli activists take aim at binary options fraud

Lawyer for binary options victims sends letter to securities authority demanding immediate shutdown of industry, says he is prepared to petition High Court of Justice

By Simona Weinglass

November 18, 2016
6:41 am

Katarina Abu Akell, a 20-year-old Christian from Kfar Yasif, is one of the many hundreds of young Arabs who have answered the call to join Israel's police force since September, 2016. (Dov Lieber / Times of Israel)

To combat rampant crime on their streets, Israeli Arabs heed call to join police

Hundreds of young citizens have joined force in recent weeks, but critics ask why Jewish cops couldn’t get the job done

By Dov Lieber

November 16, 2016
8:27 am

Thousands of people attend a protest called Mass Demonstration Against Nazism, in front of the Parliament building in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Dec. 2 (photo credit: AP/MTI, Laszlo Beliczay)

Explosives seized in raids on Hungarian neo-Nazi group

In crackdown follows killing of police officer, 12 arrested from group noted for intimidating Jewish and gay groups

By AFP

November 13, 2016
6:12 am

Police stand in front of people who marched through downtown Portland, Ore., to protest of the election of president-elect, Donald Trump, Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. (Stephanie Yao Long/The Oregonian via AP)

2 Indiana cops lightly hurt by rocks at anti-Trump rally

7 demonstrators arrested; police say group began threatening officers, chanting ‘Kill the Police’

By Agencies

October 29, 2016
8:56 pm

Evening view of Bangkok, the capital of Thailand (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Israeli arrested in Bangkok drugs raid

Suspect owns guesthouse in Thai capital that was targeted in police bust in which 20 people were detained

By Times of Israel staff

October 5, 2016
6:56 pm

James Fitzgerald, sheriff of Howard County, Maryland (YouTube screenshot)

Sheriff accused of anti-Semitism refuses to resign

James Fitzgerald of Maryland allegedly also disparaged blacks and women, as well as calling ex-county executive ‘little Kenny Jew-boy’

By JTA

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

Topic: Police

Boston Holocaust memorial rededicated after vandalism

After one of the Shoah memorial’s glass towers was shattered last month, community leaders gather to unveil repairs and praise Boston’s response to the incident

Thousands protest police killing, rampant crime in Arab town

Days after local man was killed during riot in Kafr Qassem, demonstrators rail against authorities’ conduct

Robocop officer joins Dubai police

Officers hope device, which has a touchscreen in its chest to report crimes, will make up 25% of force by 2030

Domestic help

Stories about abuse of medical staff and sexual abuse in the ultra-Orthodox community assist papers in filling a foreign news hole

Man arrested trying to drive into crowd in Antwerp, weapons found in car

Driver identified as French national; bomb disposal units dispatched to scene

Rabbi celebrates jubilee as chief NYPD chaplain

Far from retiring, Alvin Kass, 80, is as active as ever in the biggest police department in the US — and the force can’t imagine the position without him

Police smoke out weed growers in Tel Aviv apartment

Young couple detained after being found with some 20 pounds of marijuana

Facing threats and government inaction, Israeli activists take aim at binary options fraud

Lawyer for binary options victims sends letter to securities authority demanding immediate shutdown of industry, says he is prepared to petition High Court of Justice

To combat rampant crime on their streets, Israeli Arabs heed call to join police

Hundreds of young citizens have joined force in recent weeks, but critics ask why Jewish cops couldn’t get the job done

Explosives seized in raids on Hungarian neo-Nazi group

In crackdown follows killing of police officer, 12 arrested from group noted for intimidating Jewish and gay groups

2 Indiana cops lightly hurt by rocks at anti-Trump rally

7 demonstrators arrested; police say group began threatening officers, chanting ‘Kill the Police’

Israeli arrested in Bangkok drugs raid

Suspect owns guesthouse in Thai capital that was targeted in police bust in which 20 people were detained

Sheriff accused of anti-Semitism refuses to resign

James Fitzgerald of Maryland allegedly also disparaged blacks and women, as well as calling ex-county executive ‘little Kenny Jew-boy’

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

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