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Dozens of cases of excessive police force against Palestinians were reported in the last month, under the command of Chief Supt. Ronen Hazut: 'Everywhere you go, you see him. Anyone with a bit of sense knows where this is going'
0 shares Joint List MK Ofer Cassif who was allegedly attacked by Israeli police officers during a protest, arrives to file a complaint at the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on April 11, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90) Joint List MK Ofer Cassif on Sunday filed an official complaint against police, after he was beaten by officers on Friday during a protest in East Jerusalem, rejecting the force’s claim that he was to blame for the violence. Cassif, the only Jewish Knesset member in the predominantly Arab Joint List party, arrived at the Justice Ministry’s ...
76 shares A police officer scuffles with Ofer Cassif, a Jewish member of the predominantly Arab Joint List party, during a demonstration in East Jerusalem on April 9, 2021 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) Joint List MK Ofer Cassif said Sunday that he would file an official complaint with the police after he was beaten and punched by officers on Friday during a protest in East Jerusalem, rejecting the force’s claim that he was to blame for the violence. He also said he would ask Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit to open his own investigation into the incident. Cassif, the only Jewish Knesset m...
Apr. 9, 2021 Updated: Apr. 10, 2021 10:19 PM Police officers clashed with protesters and punched an Israeli lawmaker in the face on Friday during a weekly demonstration against Jewish settlement in an East Jerusalem neighborhood as the threat of eviction sharpens for several families. Several hundred protesters participated in the demonstration in Sheikh Jarrah, which drew a larger crowd than in previous weeks, as they called to stop the eviction of Palestinian residents. Footage of the incident Credit: Nitsan Ron Video footage from the protest shows Ofer Cassif, a Knesset member from the Ara...
After wrestling Cassif to the ground, some of the officers appeared to continue beating him, as shouts of “shame” could be heard from the demonstrators. In another clip, an officer can be seen kneeling on Cassif’s face as he was on the ground. עוד תיעוד של תקיפת ח"כ עופר כסיף היום במזרח ירושלים. אחד השוטרים הניח את הברך שלו על פניו של ח"כ כסיף כשהוא שוכב על הרצפה. צילום: אורן זיו. שיחה מקומית. pic.twitter.com/Gl6I3Obsyv Cassif’s glasses were broken and his shirt was ripp...