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Police clash with Haredi protesters on Route 4, June 17, 2026 (Screen grabs/Channel 13)
June 17, 2026, 4:24 pm
Haredi anti-draft protest blocks highway near Tel Aviv, 8 hurt as police clear road
Police arrest 5; use stun grenades and batons in violent dispersal that sparks rare criticism from Ben Gvir, who has championed using force against anti-government demonstrators
By Charlie Summers, Sam Sokol and Emanuel Fabian
People hold images of victim Henry Nowak, and blood-covered handcuffs as they take part in a protest outside of Southampton Central Police Station in Southampton, southern England, on June 2, 2026, following his murder by Vickrum Digwa. (Justin Tallis/AFP)
June 2, 2026, 11:57 pm
‘I can’t breathe’: Outrage, violent far-right protests after UK police handcuff dying student
Henry Nowak, 18, was murdered by Sikh man who falsely accused him of racial abuse, spurring far-right figures to take an interest in the case and sparking anti-police protests
By Marie Heuclin and Anna MALPAS
Ahmad Said al-Na'ami, a 50-year-old man who was shot and killed by a Border Police officer in the southern city of Rahat, on May 9, 2026. (Facebook)
May 10, 2026, 3:09 am
Border Police fatally shoot unarmed Bedouin man in Rahat, say it was in self-defense
Police claim reservist officers feared for their lives because the man, an IDF veteran, ‘forcefully’ resisted arrest; suspected officer barred from police facilities for two weeks
By Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 5:57 pm
Footage seems to contradict claim Arab prosecutor resisted arrest before cops beat him
Body cam footage leaked to Haaretz appears to show police officers pouncing on lawyer within seconds of entering Beersheba apartment
By ToI Staff and Charlie Summers
Salah Khalil Faisal Na'ameh, an Arab Israeli prosecutor in the Southern District Attorney's Office, is seen after he was attacked by police officers during arrest in Beersheba on May 1, 2026. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
May 8, 2026, 3:44 am
Police said to beat, break nose, arrest a state prosecutor, who is Arab, over noise complaint
Police say that State Attorney’s Office lawyer attacked officers, but he and coworkers reject the claim; Department of Internal Police Investigations opens probe
By Charlie Summers
Screen capture from a video of a riot control police officer hitting ultra-Orthodox men with a baton during rioting in Jerusalem, December 18, 2025. (Screen capture: X)
December 21, 2025, 1:28 pm
State Attorney’s Office probing video of riot officer beating ultra-Orthodox men
Department for Internal Police Investigations says it has received a number of clips for review from clashes last week in Jerusalem during which 13 officers were hurt
By Sam Sokol and Charlie Summers
Veteran photographer Reuven Castro seen on the ground after a police officer knocked him down during a protest outside a Likud Party event, in Petah Tikvah, central Israel, September 13, 2025. (Screencaptures/Orit Latner/Women Building an Alternative/X)
September 14, 2025, 5:28 am
Police shove veteran photojournalist to the ground at protest outside Likud event
Social Equality Minister May Golan says she filed police complaint after demonstrators allegedly shouted abuse, sexual harassment at her as she entered pre-Rosh Hashanah gathering
By ToI Staff
Arwah Sheikh Ali after his arrest, August 20, 2023. (Courtesy)
January 1, 2025, 9:58 am
Four Border Police officers charged in beating of Palestinian suspect
3 of the cops also indicted for destroying evidence after allegedly deleting bodycam footage; case made headlines over accusation suspect was branded with Star of David
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: The West Bank's Hamra Checkpoint (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
December 12, 2024, 3:06 pm
Policemen, civilian charged with brutal assault on Palestinian civilian
Three men allegedly beat Palestinian man unconscious, loaded him into a vehicle and dumped him by a checkpoint, bleeding on the ground
By Jeremy Sharon
Incoming Israeli Chief of Police Daniel Levi (L) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (R) at a ceremony in Levi's honor held at the Ministry of National Security in Jerusalem, August 25, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 27, 2024, 5:10 pm
New police chief won’t say if he’ll obey AG on Ben Gvir’s promotion of indicted cop
Controversy comes amid latest clash between attorney general and far-right minister over his efforts to influence policy of the Israel Police
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
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 push back ultra-Orthodox men who tried to enter the Tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on the Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer, at Mount Meron, May 26, 2024. (David Cohen/Flash90)
May 27, 2024, 2:22 am
Police clash with ultra-Orthodox pilgrims at closed-off holy site in Mount Meron
Video shared by police shows worshipers throwing chairs and crates at cops; Border Police officer removed from duty after being filmed throwing elderly man to the ground
By ToI Staff
A demonstrator falls after being hit by a mounted police officer during an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv on February 24, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
February 25, 2024, 2:44 pm
Probe announced into alleged police violence at stormy anti-government protest
Incident of man being smacked with reins by mounted cop to be investigated; cousin of hostage doused by water cannon speaks out against police
By Michael Horovitz
Amitai Aboudi outside the police station in Jaffa, August 1, 2023, after his release from a third round of questioning. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 16, 2024, 10:14 am
Prosecutors close case against anti-overhaul protester allegedly beaten by cops
Amitai Aboudi’s lawyer says police used claim of criminal conduct as justification for violence; officers accused of excessive force still awaiting results of internal probe
By ToI Staff
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