Police commander Jamal Hakroush resigns amid controversy
Hakroush is the head of a police division charged with combatting violence in the Arab-Israeli sector.
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Hakroush is the head of a police division charged with combatting violence in the Arab-Israeli sector.
It comes when public confidence in the police was already undermined by its crowd-control measures at Mt. Meron, where 45 people died in a stampede, and now over its use of NSO spyware against civilians
Jamal Hakrush, head of unit that battles Arab Israeli crime -- currently on leave -- told to give up position before probe findings
Following Haaretz's revelations, further footage and testimonies show that Jamal Hakhrush left the murder scene in Kafr Kana right after it happened, and returned 10 minutes later to escalation and a victim who had bled out
Video of 2020 incident shows Jamal Hakrush leaving parking lot as others tend to wounded man and with stabber not detained, despite claim he left building to secure the crime scene