Police say that the officer being probed for breaking the kneecap of an Arab Israeli activist following his arrest at a Haifa protest has been given a temporary leave of absence.
In a statement, police insist that the move is merely procedural and that the officer has not been suspended nor had any disciplinary actions taken against him.
“If there are any further complaints or evidence we expect them to be made and handed over to the Justice Ministry, which is looking into the incident,” a police spokesman says.
The Justice Ministry’s police internal investigations department this week said it would look into allegations of violence by police officers against demonstrators at a Gaza solidarity protest in Haifa over the weekend.
Twenty-one people were arrested when the demonstration was dispersed, among them Jafar Farah, director of the NGO Mossawa, the Advocacy Centre for Arab Citizens in Israel, who sustained a broken knee in the aftermath of his arrest.
On Monday a Haifa Magistrate’s Court judge ordered all of those still held by police to be released.
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