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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 466

Kheir Hamdan

Kheir Hamdan attacks police van with a knife on Nov. 8, 2014. Police Investigations Unit cleared police of wrongdoing Tuesday for fatally shooting Hamdan. (Screen capture)
May 5, 2015, 5:57 pm
Investigators clear cops in fatal shooting of Israeli Arab man
Kheir Hamdan, armed with a knife, was killed in November; Arab rights group says it’s a ‘green light for the next murder’
By Judah Ari Gross and AFP
Screen capture of video footage showing the moments before a police officer shot dead Kheir Hamdan in Kafr Kanna, November 2014. (screen capture: YouTube/lorishemtov)
April 14, 2015, 12:33 pm
Police said to close file on Arab man’s shooting
Kheir Hamdan was shot dead after menacing a police car with a knife in Kafr Kanna; demolition of illegal house sparks protest
By Stuart Winer
Muhammad al-Biqa'i, head of the Media Department for Fatah in Lebanon, November 7, 2014 (screen capture: YouTube/palwatch)
November 16, 2014, 10:49 pm
Fatah official calls for blood to ‘purify’ Jerusalem of Jews
Palestinian Authority representatives praise recent terror attacks, hail perpetrators as heroes
By Stuart Winer
Protesters throwing rocks towards Israeli Border Policemen at the entrance to Kafr Kanna on November 9, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
November 10, 2014, 2:51 pm
(Big) sticks and (throwing) stones
Continuing violence, including a ‘near lynch,’ dominates coverage of Arab protests, but anger is bubbling on both sides
By Joshua Davidovich
Palestinian youth seen throwing rocks towards Israeli Border Policemen at the entrance to the Arab village, Kfar Kanna, in Northern Israel, on November 9, 2014. (photo credit: Flash90)
November 10, 2014, 8:27 am
Protests over killing seethe in Arab towns overnight
Intelligence minister calls on local leaders to ‘condemn such acts as the attempted lynching’ of a Jewish driver in Taibe
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking at the Likud Central Committee convention, November 9, 2014. (Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 11:54 pm
Netanyahu lashes Abbas for inciting violence among Arabs
At Likud event, party agrees on leadership elections for Jan. 6; PM vows to crack down on violent protesters across country
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Protesters throwing rocks towards Israeli Border Policemen at the entrance to Kafr Kanna on November 9, 2014. (Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 9:08 pm
Protests persist in Arab towns as anger over killing simmers
Jewish driver attacked near Taibe, his vehicle torched by masked rioters; woman’s car firebombed on West Bank road; 29 arrested in Kafr Kanna in riots following cops’ shooting of local man
By Lazar Berman
Israeli Arabs seen waving Palestinian and Hamas flags and throwing rocks towards Israeli border policemen at the entrance to the Arab village of Kafr Kanna in northern Israel, on November 8, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 3:40 pm
A shooting sparks large riots and larger questions
The issue of whether violent protests in the wake of Kheir Hamdan’s death indicate anger at the police or something bigger looms large in Sunday’s papers
By Joshua Davidovich
Rioters seen throwing rocks at Israeli border policemen at the entrance to the Arab village Kfar Kanna in northern Israel on November 8, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 11:14 am
Rioters close road near Taibe as Arab businesses shut down
Police disperse protesters who were burning tires; further demonstrations expected later Sunday
By Stuart Winer
Rauf Hamdan, father of slain 22-year-old Kheir, who was shot by police after he ran at a cruiser with a knife, speaks to Israeli media (screen capture: Ynet)
November 9, 2014, 3:57 am
‘My son’s killer is inhuman,’ says slain Arab man’s father
Rauf Hamdan claims officers initially fired tear gas at Kheir, knocking him out, but 22-year-old recovered and ran at police
By Lazar Berman
Israeli police officers wait for command to advance towards rioters throwing rocks during clashes at the entrance to the Arab village of Kfar Kanna, in northern Israel, on November 8, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 9, 2014, 12:02 am
Police go on high alert following riots in Kafr Kanna
Arab sector striking Sunday in protest at killing; PM, top ministers stands by cops; officer who shot Kheir Hamdan says colleagues feared for their lives
By ToI Staff
Economy Minister and Jewish Home party Naftali Bennett. (Photo credit: Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash 90)
November 8, 2014, 7:36 pm
Bennett defends police action in Kafr Kanna shooting
Jewish Home leader says man Friday was ‘frenzied Arab terrorist’; PM vows to strip citizenship of those who call to destroy Israel
By ToI Staff
Israeli Arabs seen waving Palestinian and Hamas flags and throwing rocks towards Israeli border policemen at the entrance to the Arab village of Kafr Kanna in northern Israel, on November 8, 2014. (photo credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90)
November 8, 2014, 5:54 pm
Riots, marches in Kafr Kanna after ‘cold-blooded’ killing by cops
Mayor decries police shooting of Kheir Hamdan, 22, as ‘state terror’; demonstrators wave Palestinian flags, chant ‘Zionists, get out’; Arabs plan general strike Sunday
By ToI Staff
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