Slippery Slope

Five students from Jerusalem Yeshiva “Merkaz HaRav” assaulted two police detectives and sprayed them with tear gas while they were walking by the Yeshiva and talking among themselves in Arabic. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

The police ignored a plea for help from a 16 year old youth who managed to call them while struggling with a 60 year old who attempted to rape him. The police officers even joked with the youth and suggested that he “drink something” with the man.

(Hebrew – Channel 2 news)

Jerusalem District Police Commander, Major General Yossi Pariente, informed members of the Women of the Wall group that from now on they will be forbidden from saying the Kaddish at the Western Wall – in addition to the prohibitions on wrapping themselves in a Tallit and reading the Torah. (Jerusalem Post)

(Hebrew – Ynet)

The Judea and Samaria District police recommend charges against Yitzhak Nir, a Jewish settler from Beit Hagai, suspected of selling goats that were stolen from a Palestinian man, Yousef Hersh, a resident of Yatta in the South Hebron Hills. (Haaretz)

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

The Department for the Investigation of Police officers has filed an indictment against Meir Pappo, Idan Chekov, and Eliran Dvivo, police volunteers who are suspected of committing a series of robberies of businesses belonging to Eritrean citizens in Tel-Aviv’s old central bus station.

(Hebrew – Ministry of Justice)

Settlers from the outpost Ramat Migron assaulted Palestinians who were cultivating land located in the outpost. According to non-profit “Honenu”, police officers who were called to the scene arrested and assaulted a pregnant settler from the outpost. (Arutz 7)

(Hebrew – HaKol HaYehudi)

Chief of Police, Yohanan Danino, has instructed the police to file indictments even for petty crimes, and examines the performance of various districts according to the number of indictments filed in them, and not according to their substance.

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

Three 14 year old boys from Nazareth Illit who demanded that an Arab resident leave the neighborhood and then spat at her, have apologized for their actions and pledged to join police community service activities.

(Hebrew – Haaretz)

Tal Samo is suing the police for damages following his arrest for waiving an Israeli flag at a demonstration against the IDF attack on Gaza in 2009.

(Hebrew)

Police is investigating a suspicion that two candidates in the Labor party primaries were involved in buying votes from “voter contractors”. (Ynetnews)

(Hebrew – Ynet)