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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 346

Department of Internal Police Investigations DIPI

Protesters surround MK Yuli Edelstein as he walks to synagogue in Herzliya the day after three women were arrested for placing hostage flyers in the house of worship, September 14, 2024 (Yair Palti/Pro-Democracy Protest groups)
September 15, 2024, 11:49 pm
Edelstein’s synagogue denies calling police on women who distributed hostage flyers
Herzliya synagogue official calls arrests ‘insane’; Likud MK offers his full backing to police, claims there was a break-in despite video showing building was open
By ToI Staff
Left: National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir at a ceremony at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, May 27, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90); Right: Police officer Meir Suissa orders demonstrators to leave as they are blocked from entering Tel Aviv's Hashalom train station on July 18, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)
August 22, 2024, 11:37 pm
Ben Gvir promotes cop indicted for injuring protesters, gives him command of station
‘I’ve got your back,’ national security minister tells Meir Suissa, charged with negligence for throwing stun grenade at protest in 2023; Suissa to command south Tel Aviv station
By ToI Staff
Police officer Meir Suissa orders demonstrators to leave as they are blocked from entering Tel Aviv's Hashalom train station on July 18, 2023. (Carrie Keller-Lynn/Times of Israel)
July 18, 2024, 8:52 pm
5 police officers charged with negligence for throwing stun grenades at protesters
Minister Ben Gvir attacks decision; at the same time, investigations are closed into several cases of alleged police brutality toward demonstrators last year
By ToI Staff
Labor MK Naama Lazimi after she was shoved and grabbed by police officers during an anti-government rally in Tel Aviv, near the offices of the Histadrut labor union, June 29, 2024. (Screenshot: X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 30, 2024, 11:59 am
Police launch probes into cops who told protester ‘I’ll rape your mother,’ shoved MK
Internal investigations announced after officers yelled offensive statement at Jerusalem anti-government demonstrator, manhandled Labor’s Naama Lazimi at Tel Aviv hostage rally
By ToI Staff, Charlie Summers and Canaan Lidor
A screenshot of video showing a police officer grabbing Channel 12 news reporter Yollan Cohen at an anti-government protest in Tel Aviv, June 22, 2024. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 24, 2024, 4:40 am
Police internal affairs probing cop’s violent handling of reporter at Tel Aviv rally
Announcing investigation, Department for Internal Police Investigations appears to protest public defender who decried ‘a lack of enforcement against violent police officers’
By Jeremy Sharon
Police violently arrest a doctor who had been treating an injured anti-government protester during a rally in Tel Aviv on June 8, 2024. (Social media/X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 9, 2024, 6:08 pm
Probe launched into violent police arrest of doctor as he treated Tel Aviv protester
Viral video of 71-year-old volunteer Dr. Udi Baharav being detained and dragged as he tries to tend to an injured woman prompts condemnation from politicians and medical community
By Renee Ghert-Zand and Sam Sokol
Arwah Sheikh Ali after his arrest, August 20, 2023. (Courtesy)
May 28, 2024, 8:50 pm
7 cops to be charged for allegedly branding Palestinian with Star of David
Officers to be charged with abuse and assault over 2023 incident in East Jerusalem, as well as possibly for deleting footage of altercation during arrest
By ToI Staff
Police officers stand guard during a protest outside the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem on July 17, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 22, 2024, 6:39 pm
Government will not consider bill handing justice minister control of cop-probing unit
Seemingly shelved bill ‘a serious violation of the independence of the Department of Internal Police Investigations,’ says Israel Bar Association chief Amit Becher
By Sam Sokol
The Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem, phhotographed on July 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 21, 2024, 7:42 pm
Reviving judicial overhaul fears, bill would hand minister control of cop-probing unit
Likud MK Dan Illouz claims his legislation is intended to strengthen independence of Police Internal Investigations Department
By Sam Sokol
Family members and supporters of Solomon Tekah protest while Haifa Magistrate's Court Judge Zayed Falah and the the policeman accused of fatally shooting Solomon Tekah visit the scene in Kiryat Haim where he was killed, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
May 19, 2024, 1:31 pm
Police investigators appeal acquittal of officer in Soloman Tekah killing
Department for Internal Police Investigations says officer violated warning shot procedures, and acquitting him would create ‘real potential to endanger life in the future’
By Jeremy Sharon
Off-duty policeman, in shorts, beats Yacoub Tukhi, in helmet, before shooting him to death, in Jaffa, April 12, 2024. (Screen capture: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
April 13, 2024, 7:09 pm
Arab Jaffa resident shot dead by off-duty cop after apparent traffic dispute
Jacob Toukhy, 50, was ‘well-respected’ coexistence activist employed by US Agency for International Development; officer arrested, suspected of murder
By ToI Staff
Yuval Castleman (Courtesy)
April 10, 2024, 7:13 pm
Investigators find police didn’t tamper with probe of civilian hero’s death
Examination was opened after detectives falsely asserted there was no shrapnel in body of Yuval Castleman, shot dead by off-duty soldier as he responded to a terror attack
By ToI Staff and Jeremy Sharon
Police Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled. (Courtesy)
April 8, 2024, 8:56 pm
Ben Gvir names Deputy Commissioner Avshalom Peled as next Israel Police chief
Internal investigations said to have probed candidate for breach of trust in 2015, advised he not be promoted; coalition sources say announcement aimed to ‘grab headlines’
By Michael Horovitz and ToI Staff
Family members and supporters of Solomon Tekah protest as Haifa Magistrate's Court Judge Zaid Falah and the policeman accused of negligent manslaughter in Tekah's death visit the scene of the incident in Haifa, December 15, 2022. (Shir Torem/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 8:51 pm
Police officer in slaying of Ethiopian-Israeli youth acquitted of negligent manslaughter
Court finds police officer’s life was endangered by Solomon Tekah, that the warning shot he fired was a reasonable action, and that he acted in self-defense
By Jeremy Sharon
Khairi and Rana Halak, parents of Iyad Halak, an autistic Palestinian man fatally shot by an Israeli police officer, during hearing against officer's acquittal at High Court of Justice on March 28, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
March 29, 2024, 2:34 pm
High Court hears petition from parents of autistic Palestinian shot dead by border cop
Family of Iyad Halak, who was killed in Jerusalem in 2020, urges justices to compel state attorney to appeal exoneration of officer, who was acquitted for ‘honest mistake’
By Charlie Summers
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