Jerusalem braces for Ramadan after Ben-Gvir installs contraversial ally as city's top cop

by mgall74 | Jan 4, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The new commander of the police’s Jerusalem District, Maj. Gen. Avshalom Peled, was sworn in on Sunday, only about six weeks before the start of the Muslim holiday of Ramadan. Peled, the deputy police commissioner until now, will have the keys to the...

Ben-Gvir pledges 'full support' after police kill suspect in raid on Arab-Israeli village

by mgall74 | Jan 3, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Police said a suspect slated for arrest ‘threatened the forces’ during an elite unit’s raid in a Bedouin village in southern Israel. A police source said the man was shot when the forces raided his house overnight, and locals say he died after...

Kahanism is alive in the Ben-Gvir police, and Israel's gatekeepers may have woken up too late

by mgall74 | Jan 2, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] The attorney general’s legal opinion to the High Court is the obvious response to the police’s new role as a political militia. If the justices turn a blind eye to Ben-Gvir’s transgressions again, they’ll be responsible for the...

Rabbi from religious nationalist group attacked in Jaffa; police probing possible racial motive

by mgall74 | Jan 1, 2026 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Tension between Jews and Arabs in Jaffa has intensified after a pregnant Arab woman was attacked with pepper spray early last month [ad_2] Source link

Hundreds of Israeli cops raid Bedouin village; locals say flares and stun grenades fired

by mgall74 | Dec 29, 2025 | Israeli News

[ad_1] Clashes in the village of Tarabin al-Sana began on Friday, when police patrol cars entered the village in search of a stolen horse. Residents said the raid felt like war: ‘There’s a police helicopter here, horses, a water cannon’ [ad_2] Source...