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Issam Sharif, a high school counselor from Kafr Yasif who says he was unjustly arrested and beaten by police on May 15, 2026. (Courtesy)
May 24, 2026, 6:11 pm
Arab school counselor says police arrested and beat him for honking at cop car
Issam Sharif says he was violently detained, beaten in custody, released next morning with fine for texting while driving; internal affairs examining complaint
By Charlie Summers
Mourners gather next to the grave of Ahmad al-Naami, a 50-year-old man killed by Border Police gunfire, during his funeral on May 10, 2026. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
May 19, 2026, 10:30 pm
Mourning IDF veteran slain by police, alienated Bedouin say community souring on state
A once positive relationship between community and cops has been replaced by deep distrust of Border Police, with younger Bedouin showing signs of deepening estrangement from Jewish state amid claims of worsening discrimination
By Charlie Summers
Roberta Tarnove at a shooting event with Bullets & Bagels. (Courtesy Roberta Tarnove via JTA)
January 30, 2026, 3:56 pm
After Alex Pretti killing in Minneapolis, Jewish gun owners confront 2nd Amendment tensions
The shooting by ICE agents has spurred debate over whether the Trump administration’s response to armed protesters may be at odds with protections traditionally cherished by conservatives
By Grace Gilson
Police use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators during a protest against the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews to the IDF, in Jerusalem, June 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 1, 2025, 8:15 pm
Haredi, opposition MKs push bill to bar use of ‘Skunk’ liquid on protesters
Noxious substance carries health risks and may be toxic, Knesset report finds; bill also mandates water cannons be equipped with cameras to deter police abuse
By Charlie Summers
A protester shouts at Israel Police officer Meir Suissa (left), who threw a stun grenade at a Tel Aviv rally, on March 9, 2023. (Carrie Keller Lynn/Times of Israel)
June 27, 2025, 4:30 pm
Court blocks Ben Gvir’s promotion of police officer indicted for injuring protesters
National security minister decries ruling, calls cop who threw stun grenade at anti-government protesters a ‘talented and respected’ officer who ‘fell prey to the judicial system’
By Charlie Summers
Hadera police station commander, Chief Superintendent Amit Pollak, seen after a court hearing at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, April 1, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 3, 2025, 8:17 pm
Wife of cop under probe arrested after saying she threw his phone into the sea
Shlomit Pollak detained and ordered to house arrest for allegedly destroying evidence, as DIPI looks into Ben Gvir-backed officer accused of assaulting protesters
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi addresses the Knesset plenum, March 31, 2025. (Dani Shem-Tov / Office of the Knesset Spokesperson)
April 1, 2025, 10:14 am
In blitz, Knesset passes laws to rebuild the south, revoke benefits for terrorists
Lawmakers end winter parliamentary session with flurry of votes ahead of month-long recess, including forming an anti-poverty authority, banning teachers with Palestinian degrees
By Sam Sokol
Police use stun grenades during a demonstration against the government's controversial justice reform bill, in Tel Aviv on March 1, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
January 28, 2025, 5:38 pm
Cops threw stun grenades straight into crowd in 2023 protest, bodycam footage shows
Tel Aviv police used excessive force against anti-government demonstrators to please Ben Gvir, according to report; 2 protesters required surgery after direct hits
By Charlie Summers
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
Video shows police officers using their batons to strike Haredi demonstrators at a community center in Beit Shemesh, September 23, 2024. (X video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 24, 2024, 2:46 am
Cops filmed beating extremist Haredi protesters with batons in Beit Shemesh
Police commissioner says incident ‘goes against the values’ of the force; Yesh Atid MK decries ‘very serious police violence’
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators gather for an anti-government protest calling for action to release the hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip and for a deal to release them, near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. Banner reads 'Hersh won't come home.' (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
September 3, 2024, 2:17 am
Police use considerable force near PM’s home to disperse protesters urging hostage deal
At least 12 arrests, ToI reporter grabbed by the throat, in Jerusalem; demos also held outside Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence and in Tel Aviv, where Ayalon Freeway blocked
By Iddo Schejter, Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Israel Police officer Meir Suissa, right, prepares a stun grenade moments before he hurled it into a crowd of demonstrators during a mass protest in Tel Aviv, March 1, 2023. (Video screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
August 29, 2024, 1:56 pm
Court orders state to respond to petition against promotion of indicted police officer
Jerusalem District Court declines to immediately issue interim order blocking Meir Suissa from assuming command of Tel Aviv police station; police won’t say if he’s begun new role
By Jeremy Sharon
Thousands of ultra-Orthodox -- photographed here through a metal fence -- attend a rally against the conscription of Haredi yeshiva students to the military, in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighborhood on June 30, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
July 1, 2024, 1:17 am
Haredi minister’s car attacked as violence erupts at anti-draft protest in Jerusalem
5 arrested during clashes with police, officer hospitalized; stones hurled at vehicles carrying United Torah Judaism party head Yitzhak Goldknopf and his predecessor Yaakov Litzman
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
Police clash with demonstrators protesting against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his government and for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, in Jerusalem, June 29, 2024. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)
June 30, 2024, 4:10 am
Weekly rallies marred by police violence; detained protester threatened by cop
Masses demonstrate in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and elsewhere for hostage deal, against government; Labor MK says she was assaulted by officers despite having parliamentary immunity
By Charlie Summers, Canaan Lidor and ToI Staff
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