Assistant Commissioner Elazar Kahana, the top legal adviser to the Israel Police, will retire from the force in February, police announced Saturday.
Kahana served as the force’s legal counsel over the course of four and a half years…
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Police’s top legal adviser to retire, a year after police chief sought his dismissal
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Connecticut Must Press for the Release of Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya
This month marks one full year since Dr. Hussam Idris Abu Safiya, a pediatrician and neonatologist, was detained by Israeli forces while directing medical care at Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza. One year without formal charges. One year…
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Religious youth protest in Jerusalem, two policemen injured
Religious youth protest in Jerusalem, two policemen injured | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Crime in IsraelThe protesters, a group of young right-wing nationalists, took to the streets to mark five years since the death of hilltop…
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Israel Police legal adviser who clashed with Ben-Gvir to resign; minister to seek successor
Employees in Ben-Gvir’s office had been critical of the police’s top adviser in the past, in part because he believed that Ben-Gvir’s decision to promote a police superintendent charged with throwing a stun grenade at protesters was illegal
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UN experts call for protection of pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike in UK – JURIST
UN experts on Friday called for the protection of eight pro-Palestine activists on hunger strike while imprisoned in the UK. The eight individuals began their hunger strike on November 2.
The experts expressed concerns regarding the treatment of…
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Israeli soldier caught on video forcing elderly Palestinian man with amputated leg to the ground
According to the Palestinian man’s testimony, he was held for several hours at an IDF base while handcuffed and blindfolded. He was later released onto the road, where he says he was forced to hobble several hundred meters with his crutches…
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Simcha Goldin: Until October 7, no one wanted to bring Hadar home
Simcha Goldin, father of killed and kidnapped IDF soldier Hadar Goldin, says Israel’s governments were uninterested in bringing his body home until the war began on October 7, 2023.
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Italy arrests nine over alleged Hamas funding through charities – Reuters
- Italy arrests nine over alleged Hamas funding through charities Reuters
- Nine arrested in Italy for allegedly raising millions for Hamas BBC
- Italian authorities arrest 9 for allegedly funding Hamas through charities NBC News
- Italian authorities…
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terrorist released from hospital, transferred to Shin Bet; tw
Two brothers of the terrorist who killed Aviv Maor, 18, and Samson Mordechai, 68, were arrested overnight in a farm structure in the Galilee as Israeli forces imposed a full curfew on Qabatiya and expanded counterterror operations in northern Samaria
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Gaza braces for more winter rain while awaiting word of progress in ceasefire talks
DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Barefoot children played on chilly sand as Gaza’s thousands of displaced people prepared threadbare tents Saturday for another round of winter rain.
Some families in the central town of Deir al Balah said they…
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