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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 433

Jamal Hakrush

Fadi Hakrush. (courtesy)
February 15, 2022, 2:28 pm
Relative of former top Arab cop Hakrush shot dead
Fadi Hakrush killed while driving through northern Arab town of Kfar Kanna; police find burned vehicle in nearby field, suspect it was used by gunmen
By ToI Staff
Israel Police commander Jamal Hakrush attends a Knesset event on February 5, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 9, 2022, 11:45 pm
Report: When cop falsely said he stayed at murder scene, police didn’t probe further
Then-police chief Motti Cohen said to tell inquiry panel he spoke with Jamal Hakursh after the incident under scrutiny, took him at his word
By ToI Staff
Israel Police commander Jamal Hakrush attends a Knesset event on February 5, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 31, 2022, 12:06 pm
Top Arab cop resigns after video showed him hopping over stabbing victim
Police commissioner and public security minister thank Jamal Hakrush for his service; probe into incident set to continue
By ToI Staff
Israel Police commander Jamal Hakrush attends a Knesset event on February 5, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 29, 2022, 12:59 pm
Senior police officials urge top cop seen fleeing stabbing scene to resign
Jamal Hakrush, head of unit that battles Arab Israeli crime — currently on leave — told to give up position before probe findings
By ToI Staff
Video footage purports to show senior police official Jamal Hakrush leaving the scene of a crime in his car while the wounded man is placed into a nearby vehicle. (Screenshot/Haaretz)
January 25, 2022, 6:10 pm
New footage shows senior cop driving away from stabbing scene, contradicting defense
Video of 2020 incident shows Jamal Hakrush leaving parking lot as others tend to wounded man and with stabber not detained, despite claim he left building to secure the crime scene
By ToI Staff
Deputy Commissioner Jamal Hakroosh attends an internal security committee meeting at the Knesset on November 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2022, 11:30 pm
Top cops said to have known about senior officer fleeing deadly stabbing scene
As chief of police orders independent probe, Jamal Hakrush tells media video of him tripping over dying victim doesn’t give full picture, claims he was trying to secure scene
By ToI Staff
Israel Police commander Jamal Hakrush attends a Public Security Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 24, 2022, 1:58 pm
Senior cop fled scene of stabbing, tripped over dying victim on way out — video
Jamal Hakrush, head of unit that battles Arab Israeli crime, put on leave after footage shows him running past bleeding man and out of plant in Kafr Kanna during 2020 killing
By ToI Staff
Israel Police commander Jamal Hakrush attends a Public Security Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on November 8, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 11, 2021, 12:55 pm
2 charged with shooting at home of senior cop fighting crime in Arab towns
Indictment says lawyer Osama Khatib, irate over commander Jamal Hakrush’s intervention in gang conflict, paid 2nd defendant Mohammad Abu Samra $2,000 to help shoot at his home
By ToI Staff
The home of senior Arab Israeli police officer Jamal Hakrush was attacked by gunmen in the northern Israeli city of Kafr Kanna on September 10, 2021 (Screen grab/Kan)
November 8, 2021, 1:50 pm
2 to be charged with shooting at home of senior cop fighting crime in Arab towns
One suspect is from target’s hometown of Kafr Kanna, the other from Haifa; police chief vows force won’t be deterred by September incident
By ToI Staff
Jamal Hakrush on February 11, 2016. (Israel Police)
September 11, 2021, 11:35 pm
Arab top cop whose home was shot at says it won’t deter him from fighting crime
Jamal Hakrush, who directs the unit that fights surging deadly crime in the Arab community, vows to move forward: ‘Our goal is to bring security to each citizen’
By ToI Staff
Jamal Hakrush becomes the first Arab Muslim deputy commissioner in the Israel Police, April 2016 (Israel Police)
September 11, 2021, 4:13 am
Gunmen fire at home of senior cop overseeing fight on crime in Arab towns
Police say Jamal Hakrush’s house was damaged but nobody injured; spokesperson says unclear if attack linked to earlier capture of fugitive prisoners
By ToI Staff
Illustration of a protest against crime in Arab communities, in Majd al-Krum. The poster reads 'The police have abandoned the Arabs' (original photos by David Cohen/Hadas Parush/Nati Shohat/Flash90; illustration by Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
December 31, 2020, 11:23 am
Arab communities shattered, as organized crime fuels a skyrocketing murder rate
With illegal weaponry rampant in Israeli Arab towns, 2020 is now officially their deadliest year in recent memory; a government plan to stop the violence seems to have been shelved
By Aaron Boxerman
Illustrative: Incoming Israeli Chief of Police Roni Alsheikh and Minister of Internal Security Gilad Erdan toast at the welcoming ceremony held in Alsheikh's honour, at the National Police Headquarters in Jerusalem, on December 03, 2015. Photo by Hadas Parush/FLASH90
March 21, 2017, 3:49 pm
Police Purim party was a racist nightmare, Arab officers say
Holiday cheer nearly became brawl after glasses, racial slurs were hurled at Arab cops in Or Yehuda
By Dov Lieber
Illustrative photo of an Israel police car (Flash90)
November 19, 2016, 9:09 pm
Nephew of first Muslim police dep. commissioner shot dead
Relatives say Anan Harkush gunned down in possible family dispute in north; uncle Jamal heads Israel Police effort to combat crime in Arab sector
By ToI Staff
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)
November 18, 2016, 6:41 am
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
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