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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 372

Yaqoub Mousa Abu Al-Qia'an

Former State Attorney Shai Nitzan speaks at the Calcalist conference in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 30, 2022, 11:11 pm
Ex-top prosecutor hits back at misconduct claim, says axed cop motivated by revenge
Shai Nitzan says Moshe Saada disgruntled after not being tapped to head police internal investigations unit; asserts Saada’s recent interview done for ‘political interests’
By ToI Staff
Outgoing Israel Police chief Roni Alsheich (right) with State Prosecutor Shai Nitzan during a farewell ceremony in his honor in Beit Shemesh on November 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 26, 2022, 6:34 am
Axed senior cop claims judgment of top brass was clouded by pursuit of Netanyahu
Moshe Saada, ex-police internal investigations unit No. 2, says former police chief tampered with probe; is reported to be considering political run in right-wing party
By ToI Staff
Bedouin businessman Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an in court, on July 12, 2021. (Flash90)
September 14, 2021, 6:35 pm
Arab businessman, accused of spying for Iran, ordered released to house arrest
Decision comes after questions raised over seriousness of information allegedly conveyed by Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an, a former Knesset candidate held since June
By ToI Staff
Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an in May, 2021 (Channel 12 screenshot)
July 12, 2021, 4:18 pm
Bedouin Israeli millionaire charged with spying for Iran
Businessman Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an, who was briefly a Knesset candidate in right-wing Telem party, accused of providing information to Iranian intelligence via a contact in Lebanon
By Judah Ari Gross and ToI Staff
Then-head of the Police Internal Investigations Department Uri Carmel speaks at a police event in Jerusalem, January 27, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 30, 2020, 2:41 pm
Ex-top investigator alleges prosecution coverup in police killing of Bedouin man
Former Police Internal Investigations Department head claims that opposition to idea that Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an was a terrorist was removed from official documents by Shai Nitzan
By ToI Staff
Former Israel Police commissioner Roni Alsheich speaks during a Channel 12 TV conference in Tel Aviv on September 5, 2019. (Flash90)
September 18, 2020, 12:33 am
Denying cover-up, former police chief insists killed Bedouin man was terrorist
Contradicting Netanyahu, Roni Alsheich says 2017 incident, in which law enforcement has been accused of suppressing evidence, was ‘certainly a terrorist attack’
By ToI Staff
State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman at a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, on December 9, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
September 15, 2020, 8:41 pm
Comptroller rules out probe of alleged police cover-up in Bedouin man’s killing
Acknowledging ‘deficiencies,’ Matanyahu Englman says he will look at accusation of police misconduct in annual report but won’t open separate investigation
By ToI Staff
Public Security Minister Amir Ohana in an interview with Channel 12, September 12, 2020. (Channel 12 screen capture)
September 13, 2020, 7:02 pm
Public security minister: Prosecution, law enforcement are ‘corrupt systems’
Amir Ohana calls Netanyahu trial an ‘attack on democracy’ amid allegations of cover-up by state attorney in separate case; justice minister slams Likud’s ‘wild incitement’
By ToI Staff
New Justice Minister Avi Nissenkorn speaks during a ceremony at the Justice Ministry on May 18, 2020. (Shlomi Amsalem/GPO)
September 13, 2020, 4:33 pm
Justice minister asks for probe into alleged cover-up of Bedouin man’s killing
But Nissenkorn slams Netanyahu’s attempt to link 2017 case of Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an, who was smeared as an Islamic State-supporting terrorist, to his own legal woes
By ToI Staff
Yaqoub Mousa Abu al-Qia'an. (Courtesy)
September 12, 2020, 7:53 pm
Family of Bedouin man killed by cops demands former top officials stand trial
Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an’s relatives hit out at former police chief, minister, top prosecutor for allegedly suppressing info that he wasn’t a terrorist
By ToI Staff
State Attorney Shai Nitzan speaks at the Makor Rishon Conference at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, December 8, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 10, 2020, 11:56 pm
Under fire for alleged cover-up, former prosecutor says Netanyahu ‘full of lies’
Shai Nitzan dismisses as ‘absurd’ prime minister’s claim that, along with law enforcers, he conspired to paint slain Bedouin teacher as terrorist just to harm the PM
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Yaqoub Mousa Abu al-Qia'an. (Courtesy)
September 10, 2020, 4:39 pm
Minister visits family of Bedouin man slain by cops, mulls state payout
Amir Peretz apologizes on behalf of government for branding Yaqoub Abu al-Qia’an a terrorist, in first condolence visit since January 2017 killing
By ToI Staff
Israeli police stand next to a vehicle that crashed into police officers in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, January 18, 2017. (Israel Police)
September 10, 2020, 1:55 pm
A terrible injustice, belatedly acknowledged for the wrong reasons
Amid pre-dawn chaos in a Bedouin village, a civilian lost his life. So did a cop. And the authorities rushed to a false conclusion. Now the truth is out, and the damage is rippling
By David Horovitz
The car of Yaqoub Abu al-Qia'an, following an incident initially claimed by police to be a terrorist attack, in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in the Negev desert, southern Israel, January 18, 2017. Evidence subsequently came out that showed the incident was not a terrorist attack (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
September 9, 2020, 10:37 pm
Shin Bet calls report it refused to help Umm al-Hiran probe ‘spurious, absurd’
Security agency issues rare, scathing rebuke of Israel Hayom article about fatal 2017 shooting of Bedouin man which caused his car to crash into a police officer, killing him
By Judah Ari Gross
Joint (Arab) List leader MK Ayman Odeh holds the body of Yaqoub Mousa Abu Al-Qia’an, in a funeral that took place on January 24, 2017, near the village of Umm al-Hiran. (Joint List Spokesperson)
September 9, 2020, 7:41 pm
Family of man killed by cops welcomes Netanyahu’s apology, demands compensation
Hussam Abu al-Qia’an says family has been homeless since 2017 razing of home, fatal shooting of his father; relatives say state must set up commission of inquiry
By ToI Staff and Aaron Boxerman
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