All Cops Are Bastards

A group of rabbis were arrested on Thursday evening while protesting outside of 26 Federal Plaza, a Lower Manhattan immigration courthouse where a number of immigrants detained by ICE are being held.

The demonstration, named “Jews Demand: ICE Out!,” drew hundreds of New Yorkers who condemned the federal agency, and was led by a swath of rabbis who denounced ICE through a Jewish lens.

“G-d takes the side of immigrants. And G-d demands that we do the same,” said Rabbi Jill Jacobs, CEO of T’ruah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights.

The protest was organized by T’ruah and another progressive Jewish group, Bend the Arc. The two groups previously staged a protest outside ICE headquarters in Washington D.C. in February, when public outcry against the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement tactics was at a high.

The latest protest comes as the intensity of opposition has receded even as the agency continues to arrest and move to deport migrants at a rapid clip. It was notable for including a wide range of Jewish organizations that do not always work together, particularly as debates over Israel have divided Jewish progressives.

“I would say that I think it’s representative of a cross of different parts of the community, different denominations, folks who have, I would say, differences in other political views but are able to really be together here today,” said Jamie Beran, Bend the Arc’s CEO, in an interview.

Organizations represented by rallygoers on Thursday included the Workers’ Circle, the Jewish Labor Committee, New York Jewish Agenda, HIAS and Zioness, among others.

Many speakers called on Gov. Kathy Hochul to pass the New York for All Act, which would ban local and state law enforcement from cooperating with federal agents such as ICE.

In addition to Jacobs, the rabbis who spoke included Rachel Timoner of Congregation Beth Elohim; Hilly Haber of Central Synagogue; Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism; Ellen Lippmann, formerly of Kolot Chaiyenu; and Roly Matalon of B’nai Jeshurun.

A dozen clergy, including 10 rabbis and two reverends, were arrested after blocking traffic in front of 26 Federal Plaza. The rabbis included two — Fort Tryon Jewish Center’s Guy Austrian and Congregation Beth Elohim’s Stephanie Kolin — who currently work in synagogues.

Phylisa Wisdom, the executive director of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, made an appearance at the protest, as did the progressive congressional candidate Brad Lander.

[The] Police's Tel Aviv District commander told the organizers of an anti-war protest march scheduled for Saturday that the demonstration has been banned.

The commander, Maj. Gen. Haim Sargaroff, told organizers Friday that he has not approved the march "due to an excess of events," including the weekly protests calling for a cease-fire and hostage release deal in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square and another outside the eastern gates of the IDF's headquarters in the city.

On Thursday, police threatened to ban the protest unless organizers cut the number of participants in the march to 500, and not 5,000 as initially approved.

The protest, titled "Stop the war, stop the starvation," was planned by several left-wing organizations, Arab-Israeli political parties and the High Follow-up Committee for Arab Citizens of Israel. The groups are currently holding consultations on whether to petition the High Court of Justice following the police decision.

Law enforcement previously tried to prevent anti-war protests in April. At the time, police informed organizers of a similar protest that they were forbidden from waving signs showing Israeli hostages, bearing the inscription "genocide," or showing photographs of children who were killed in Gaza.

Only after an inquiry from Haaretz did the police pull back their demands.

Police in other districts have taken a more rigid stance against the protests. In Haifa and in Jerusalem, for example, police seized anti-war placards from protesters, used force to disperse protesters and arrested participants.

In early August, an Israeli court forbade a demonstrator protesting against the government and against starvation in Gaza from participating in demonstrations for 30 days.

Police had arrested her during a demonstration at a traffic junction in southern Israel after she threw flour at police officers. Courts have mostly issued restraining orders against protest activists who were arrested for illegal demonstrations.

At the same time, they have stressed that freedom of protest is a constitutional right and have avoided outright banning any individual from joining protests. In one case, a judge in the Haifa Magistrate's Court asked anti-war protesters to explain why protest signs had been written in Arabic.

Zoe, one of those taking part in the demonstration, said: “I along with hundreds of ordinary people have had enough of our government’s collusion in genocide.

“You can hear the claps and it’s got like a family-friendly environment here. You’ve seen it with your own eyes. It’s completely peaceful and there’s nothing vaguely terrorist right now. We’re just being ordinary peaceful people saying we oppose genocide,” she said.

She wore a large patch with the words “Jews Against Genocide”. She said: “I wear it clearly and with pride to make sure that other people recognise that there are many many Jews who do not support genocide of any nature.”

“I’m holding a piece of paper for goodness sakes, that’s not a terrorist act. A terrorist act is intentionally starving 2 million,” she said. “I don’t know what to say to [Palestinians], I’m so sorry it’s come to this. I wish we could do more but we’re trying our best.”

Officers searched the bags of those arrested. In one backpack handled with blue forensic gloves, they uncovered some bread and a milk carton filled with water.

Robert Del Naja, from the band Massive Attack, joined the sign-holders and said: “UK civil liberties are trapped in a manufactured crisis. Peaceful citizens of conscience — including pensioners — have become terrorists, at the will of a human rights lawyer turned authoritarian who now lunges at opinions that expose the moral vacuum of his unrecognisable government.”

Some of those arrested were publicly processed on the street outside Scotland Yard, near the main demonstration, where crowds gathered and shouted “‘shame on you” at officers.

Amnesty International called the mass arrests “deeply concerning”.

“The protesters in Parliament Square were not inciting violence and it is entirely disproportionate to the point of absurdity to be treating them as terrorists,” said Sacha Deshmukh, the organisation’s chief executive.

“We have long criticised UK terrorism law for being excessively broad and vaguely worded and a threat to freedom of expression. These arrests demonstrate that our concerns were justified.”

[The] journalist Israel Frey is under police investigation for suspected incitement and support for terrorism following a social media post in which he appeared to praise the deaths of five Israeli soldiers in Gaza.

The left-wing ultra-Orthodox journalist Israel Frey was responding to the news of the deaths of five Israeli soldiers in the northern Gaza Strip.

"The world is better this morning without five young people who participated in one of the cruelest crimes against humanity," he wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) on Tuesday.

Speaking to Haaretz, he called the police questioning “political persecution” and said he had no intention of “bowing his head to it.” He added, “We have already caused enough suffering, blood and tears. Liberate Gaza. Enough.”

Police have questioned Frey in the past over social media posts, but he has never been indicted. In March, he was questioned on suspicion of inciting terrorism over several posts he wrote on X (formerly known as Twitter) over the past year.

In one, he wrote, “A Palestinian who attacks an IDF soldier or a settler in the apartheid territories is not a terrorist. And it’s not an attack. He’s a hero fighting against an oppressor for justice, liberation and freedom.”

Right-wing activist Shai Glick filed the complaint against him at the time.

In December 2022, Frey was also questioned on suspicion of expressing support for a terrorist organization and incitement to terrorism, again over social media posts.

Frey wrote that “harming security forces is not terrorism,” and referred to a Palestinian who had planned an attack as a “hero.” After he refused to appear for questioning, the court to issued a warrant for his arrest. He was released after the interrogation, and the case was later closed.

In 2023, dozens of far-right activists threw flares at his building in the ultra-Orthodox Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak, with some pursuing him after he fled, over his outspoken criticism of Israeli policies after the war in Gaza erupted.

In particular, he faced criticism for a video in which he recited the Kaddish Jewish mourners’ prayer for the victims of the war, including hundreds of women and children in Gaza whom he claimed had been “slaughtered.”

British police arrested over 20 people on suspicion of terrorism offences after they showed support for the newly banned Palestine Action group in London, officials said on Saturday, hours after the proscription came into effect.

The government moved to ban Palestine Action under anti-terrorism laws last month after its activists broke into a Royal Air Force base and damaged two planes in protest against what the group said was Britain's support for Israel.

Late on Friday, the campaign lost an urgent appeal against the parliamentary decision to proscribe it as a terrorist organization, with the ban coming into force from midnight.

Under UK laws, offenses include inviting support, expressing approval, or displaying symbols of a banned group and are punishable by up to 14 years in prison and/or a fine. Britain has proscribed 81 groups under anti-terrorism laws, including Hamas, al-Qaeda and ISIS.

On Saturday, supporters gathered in Parliament Square in Westminster, some holding placards that said "I OPPOSE GENOCIDE. I SUPPORT PALESTINE ACTION." Sky News footage showed some being led away in handcuffs from a statue of Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi in the square, as they shouted their support.

United Nations experts have accused Israel of carrying out "genocidal acts" against Palestinians in the conflict in Gaza, which began after Palestinian militant group Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, 2023. Israel has repeatedly dismissed such accusations.

Palestine Action has targeted Israel-linked companies in Britain in its protests, with U.K. Interior Minister Yvette Cooper saying that violence and criminal damage have no place in legitimate protest and that the group's activities justify proscription.

Critics of the decision, including some United Nations experts and civil liberties groups, have argued that damaging property does not amount to terrorism.

At another protest on Saturday, the police arrested five pro-Palestine protesters from the Youth Demand group who threw red paint over a truck involved in London's Pride parade and glued themselves to the vehicle. The parade has since resumed.

Fucking pigs.

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According to Palestinian reports, Zahya al-Obeidi, a 66-year-old Palestinian resident of East Jerusalem, was shot in the head by Israeli police officers during an operation in the Shuafat refugee camp.

Magen David Adom rescue service reported that she was brought to the Shuafat checkpoint with severe injuries and no sign of life, and was pronounced dead at the scene. The police have [allegedly] launched an investigation into the circumstances of the incident.

The Israel Police reported that during an operation by Border Police and undercover police officers disguised as Arabs, Israeli forces were attacked and stones and rocks were thrown at them. "As a result," the police said, "an undercover officer was injured in the head by a rock and was taken to the hospital for treatment. In response, the force, sensing their lives were in danger, opened fire at the rioters."

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responded to the incident saying he gave his "full support to the undercover force that operated in the Shuafat refugee camp, was attacked with stones, and reacted as expected to protect their lives."

Zahya's husband, Kaid Joudah, told Haaretz that she was diabetic and suffered from high blood pressure, and that she usually went up to the roof of their house for some air "She went up to the roof at night and I was sleeping," Joudah said. "After a few minutes, I heard screams and they told me she had been shot. When I saw her, I realized she was no longer alive. I have the bullet and I am a million percent sure that she was shot in cold blood, there is also testimony from the neighbors," he said.

According to him, Zahya was shot for no reason. "There was no throwing of stones or shooting, and there was no self-defense here, [the Israeli police] shot her from a range of 20 meters (66 feet). To Ben-Gvir, I say, do some soul-searching when you support the killing of a 66-year-old woman," he added.

The Israeli Justice Ministry's Police Investigation Department, which investigates police misconduct, has opened an investigation, said Joudah, and Zahya's body was sent to the Abu Kabir Institute for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv for an autopsy.

"They can perform an autopsy because there is nothing to hide. My wife was a mother, grandmother, and homemaker who never did anything bad to anyone. She was brutally shot. I will not let up and I demand that that Border Police officer be put on trial."

Last week, in East Jerusalem's A-Tur neighborhood, a police sniper shot and seriously wounded a Palestinian boy and young man. According to the police, the two — Iyass Raʻad Abu Mufreh, 12, and his cousin, Oudai Fadi Abu Jomaa, 21 — were shooting fireworks and throwing Molotov cocktails at the police. However, their family members and several eyewitnesses disputed the police's claim, and said that they were wounded while standing on the street eating pizza and that there was no disturbance. A video clip of the shooting obtained by Haaretz supports the family's version.

On the same day, soldiers shot and killed Moataz Hajalja, 22, in the village of Walja, near Jerusalem, after they claimed he pulled a knife on them and tried to stab them and seize their weapons. Hajalja's family members and other villagers claim that the soldiers shot him even though he didn't pose any danger, and after they beat him and his relatives.

A woman who was protesting outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem was arrested on Wednesday, after which police subjected her to a strip search.

The police said that they are authorized to conduct strip searches by law, but most protesters who are arrested are just patted down, over their clothes, before being put in a jail cell. A strip search is carried out in cases where the offense for which the detainee is suspected justifies it, for example, when there is suspicion that the detainee is hiding drugs or weapons. Another protester who was arrested along with the woman was only patted down.

"My friend went to the bathroom and I stayed with the police officer," the woman said. "She asked if I had anything on me that I shouldn't have, and I refused to answer her, so she informed me that I would undergo a strip search," she recalled. "She took me to a meeting room and told me to undress."

She said the officer yelled at her during the search and asked her to hand over her clothes so that she could search them.

"When I was totally naked, she asked me to bend over. When the search was over and I put on my underwear, she had already opened the door and was speaking with male police officers outside."

During the demonstration, the protesters held photographs of hostages Eitan Horn and Gali Ziv Berman. The signs read "Stop the war" and "Say no to wars." The woman who was strip searched said that the police officers asked her and the other protester to move away because they were too close to the prime minister's residence and due to concerns over illegal assembly. After the two refused to leave, they were pinned to the ground and taken to the police station. There, according to the women and their attorney, the two waited for around two hours without being questioned or being told what they were suspected of.

Nasser Odeh, who legally represents the protester on behalf of the Human Rights Foundation, told Haaretz that "this is an illegal search that was carried out without legal authority and in a serious violation of her rights, dignity, and modesty — all of this solely because she dared to exercise the fundamental right to freedom of expression and protest, a right that is guaranteed to every citizen, even in times of emergency and war. Such an act cannot become routine."

The police said that “During a protest outside the prime minister’s residence, several people arrived in the area, broke the barrier in violation of the court ruling and security arrangements necessary for the security of a public figure and symbols of governance. They started confronting the police officers operating in the area.

“When protesters didn’t respond to the police officers’ orders, two women were detained for questioning, at the end of which they were accordingly released. Along the way, as part of the authority provided by the law, a search was conducted of the detainees,” the police added.

Since the war began, the police have dispersed several anti-government protests, among them protest vigils of individuals near the prime minister's residence. On Tuesday, the police detained three women protesting there and arrested one of them. The police claim that the protests violate Home Front Command orders, but those orders do not explicitly forbid demonstrations.

Last week, police arrested four anti-war protesters at central Tel Aviv's Habima Square and two people demonstrating on behalf of the hostages on Begin Street. In Haifa, the police arrested three protesters after claiming that the slogan on their shirts — "Stop the war" — was illegal.

This week, the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court ordered the release of Amir Haskel, who was arrested at a demonstration in support of the hostages. Haskel demonstrated with three other people, and was arrested after refusing to leave at the request of the police, who claimed that the protest violated the Home Front Command's directives.

Haskel was forcibly removed along with another protester, who was let go after she agreed to sign a conditional restrictive release form. The police requested that Haskel be released on bail and kept away from "illegal" demonstrations for 15 days, but the judge rejected the police's request and ruled that he should be released unconditionally.

Police detained five protesters in northern Israel's Haifa during an anti-war demonstration for donning t-shirts with "stop the war" written on them, which police said was illegal.

The protest, which took place in Haifa's Hadar HaCarmel neighborhood, included a few demonstrators calling for an end to the war between Israel and Iran and for an end to the war in the Gaza Strip.

In footage obtained by Haaretz, a policewoman is seen telling the protesters that “‘Stop the war’ is something that’s illegal to have on a shirt.” The police stated that the protesters were detained so that they could “give testimony.”

Two protesters who were present at the demonstration said that protesters stood silently and held signs. "Police officers arrived and said that the demonstration was illegal," they recounted. "We told them that we don't need authorization for such a small demonstration, and then they started tearing the signs from our hands."

Afterwards, according to the two protesters, more police officers arrived and began demanding that the protesters disperse and threatened to arrest the protesters because of the writing on their shirts.

Arrests and unwarranted detention of anti-war protesters have become a recurring phenomenon in Haifa since the outbreak of the Gaza war.

In April, 23 protesters were arrested during a demonstration on Ben-Gurion Boulevard, after police claimed [that] they were "chanting slogans against Israel and its actions that could disturb public order."

At the time, police stated that the protesters ignored officers’ instructions and disregarded the declaration that the protest was illegal. Last June, Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav said that anti-war protests should not take place in Haifa.

In conversation with local journalists, Yahav said, "I don't think freedom of expression should be exercised in Haifa. These are political protests, and their place is in Israel's capital."

Following a Haaretz inquiry, police stated that "the commander of the Coastal District instructed officers to review the issue of protests and the proper implementation of freedom of expression within the framework of the law."

According to the police, they "will not permit demonstrations that incite against Israel or IDF soldiers, and will not allow behavior that may disturb public peace, security, or public order."

Berlin (Quds News Network) — Jewish psychoanalyst and activist Iris Hefets was arrested […] in Berlin. German police detained her over a protest sign that read “Jews Against Genocide ✡” — a sign [that] they claimed resembled a “Hamas triangle” inside the Star of David, according to journalist James Jackson.

Hefets, a 56-year-old member of the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace, has been arrested multiple times since Israel launched its genocide in Gaza in October 2023. She describes today’s arrest as “more violent than others.”

Journalist James Jackson, who spoke with Hefets, said she was detained because her Star of David included a triangle, which police claimed mimicked a “Hamas symbol”.

Hefets was first arrested in Berlin shortly after the genocide began, for holding a sign that said: “As a Jew and Israeli, stop the genocide in Gaza.” At the time, German police cited a ban on pro-Palestinian demonstrations. “I didn’t think I would get detained for that — I was naïve,” Hefets told Al Jazeera.

She was arrested again on November 10 for “inciting racial hatred” while holding the same sign. Authorities later dropped the charge. In another incident, she was detained for displaying a sign that read “Zionism kills.” Though released, her sign was confiscated.

Hefets has faced repeated arrests for her outspoken opposition to Israel’s genocidal policies in Gaza. Despite being Jewish […] herself, German police have treated her as a threat.

Germany has faced growing criticism over its harsh crackdown on pro-Palestine and anti-genocide activism. Authorities have banned protests, detained activists, and targeted Jewish dissenters like Hefets who oppose Israeli crimes.

UN experts and human rights groups have condemned Berlin’s suppression of speech. Critics say [that] Germany is weaponizing antisemitism laws to silence pro-Palestine activism.

The […] genocide in Gaza has killed over 54,000 people and displaced millions. Yet in Germany, calling it a genocide can get you arrested.

Feds shooting an unarmed civilian who was trying to return to her apartment.

Shooting a reporter while her back is turned.

Police horse trampling unarmed civilian.

Los Angeles sheriffs pushing forward and firing less lethals at a small group even further down in Whittier.

Federal immigration truck ramming a vehicle of three people in Boyle Heights. According to security footage shown to someone, they deployed chemical munitions & detained the driver at gunpoint. All are U.S. citizens according to the wife.

LAPD pushing forward a skirmish line and violently arresting anti-ICE protesters. You can also hear someone grunt when police shoot the victim in the abdomen with some kind of projectile.

LAPD forming a line before charging at protesters and firing at them.

Riot cops intimidating the press.

Hitting a camera operator in the head.

Detaining a CNN reporter.

This video shows what happened to Sen. Padilla after the feds forcibly removed him from Kristi Noem’s press conference. He got orders from the officers that would cause him to smash his face, then pushed to the ground and handcuffed.

LAPD charge protesters with horses while others fire munitions.

CHP Officers new LAPDHQ firing stun munitions above a crowd, alongside a few blasts of pepper balls. Oddly, they also fired in the direction of a line of LAPD officers.

Cop shoots unarmed civilian in the head and refuses to accept responsibility for it.

If you link me more videos, I shall post them here.

Former Glenn County deputy arrested for grand theft and embezzlement STOLE MONEY FROM THE HOMELESS... BUT THEN..................................

A former Oroville police officer and Glenn County deputy has been booked into the Glenn County Jail on charges of grand theft and embezzlement.

According to the Glenn County Sheriff's Office, John Sanzone was booked into the Glenn County Jail following a self-surrender under a warrant issued for his arrest.

Ex-deputy in California repays $3,500 in cash he stole from homeless man Felony charges dismissed but John Sanzone banned from serving as peace officer in state after covering up theft

A former sheriff’s deputy who stole $3,500 from a homeless man he arrested in California has been permanently banned from serving as a peace officer in the state, while felony theft charges against him were dropped, authorities said.

John Sanzone, a former deputy with the Glenn county sheriff’s office, arrested a homeless man who had been carrying $3,500 – money the man had been saving for urgent dental work.

Sanzone took the money and later tried to cover up the theft when the man attempted to reclaim it after his release.

“Sanzone went so far as to drive the homeless man to another county,” reads a statement by the Glenn county sheriff’s office posted on Facebook.

In May 2023, authorities announced that Sanzone had surrendered to the Glenn county jail under an arrest warrant. He was charged with grand theft by embezzlement and later released after posting bail.

Officials said on Friday that Sanzone has since repaid the $3,500 and surrendered his peace officer certification, effectively barring him from law enforcement in California.

In exchange, felony charges against him were dismissed. People on social media did not take the news lightly.

“So a cop steals 3500 and gets let off with no charges lol wow only in glenn county,” one Facebook user commented.

“Just shows the actual level of corruption in this county when a cop steals from a homeless man and walks free,” another wrote.

The Glenn county sheriff’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Sanzone was previously named in a lawsuit against the Oroville police department alleging racial discrimination within the department

TWO COPS allegedly stole thousands from an arrestee. They say they didn’t do it but, the LIE DETECTOR says different.

COP ARRESTED for something pertaining to something he did with his computer, and also DOMESTIC VIOLENCE!

SILENCE IS VIOLENCE - 7 cops arrested at once! They are said to have been defective and derelict in their duties.

Another Domestic Violence Related Cop is on trial for his alleged deeds. He’s indeed a bad apple.

LASTLY is the ghastly SHERIFF who has been ARRESTED for being a typical corrupt no talent lunatic cop.

Be careful watch out for the gangbangers.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/manhunt-underway-for-former-police-chief-imprisoned-for-murder-and-rape/

All Corgis Are Bastards

Experts on antisemitism and civil liberties say the training reinforces a police culture that treats Palestinians (and Arabs and Muslims more broadly) with suspicion, while doing little to curb antisemitism. “They are actively conflating any care for Palestinian humanity or rights—and in some cases, Palestinian existence itself—with antisemitism,” said Dove Kent, the US senior director for Diaspora Alliance, a group that fights antisemitism and its weaponization. “None of this does anything to increase Jewish safety.”

Instead, the trainings serve to worsen a situation where “law enforcement is on the front lines of violent anti-Palestinian repression—beating student protesters, surveilling them, and raiding them both on and off campus,” said Dylan Saba, a staff attorney at Palestine Legal (and a contributing editor for Jewish Currents). “With this training, police are being fed a description of pro-Palestinian students that, merely on the basis of their political expression, categorizes them as a security threat.” (The NYPD, the New York City mayor’s office, CAM, and POE did not return requests for comment.)

Video.

Jerusalem Magistrate's Court Judge Chavi Toker approved the warrant for the raid on the bookshop despite the fact that the Police never sought permission from the prosecution, which is required by law to open an investigation into suspected incitement.

Hence at the bail hearing they changed their suspicions to "undermining the public's safety" The most damning evidence they produced was a colouring book for children "From the River to the Sea,"

Although another Magistrate's Court judge, Gad Ehrenberg, rejected the police's request to keep Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna in gaol for 8 days he decided to keep them in jail for another day so police could continue their investigation. This despite the illegality of the whole operation.

Jerusalem District Court Judge Eli Abravanel reprimanded the police for not obtaining permission to open an incitement investigation, but still allowed the decision to keep the two men in gaol for 2 days. After all they are Palestinians, so what is there to complain of?

Protesters outside court in Jerusalem on Monday. Photograph: Quique Kierszenbaum/The Guardian

Ha’aretz, which the Police also took exception to, commented in an editorial:

Due to the police's aggressive and undemocratic behavior and the judges' cowardice or naïveté, Mahmoud and Ahmed Muna spent two nights in jail. This is even more absurd given the fact, which emerged following their release on Tuesday, that the police never even bothered questioning them again, despite keeping them in jail.

The bookshop however isn’t an anonymous back street shop.

There is no diplomat, journalist or scholar of Jerusalem who isn't familiar with the store and its intellectual treasures. Evidence of this is the fact that the bail hearing at the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court was attended by diplomats from nine countries, plus the European Union.

Mahmoud Muna inside a branch of the Educational Bookshop chain in July 2024. Photograph: Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/Shutterstock

Ha’aretz’s editorial observed that

The raid and the arrests show how deeply the rot has propagated within the police and the legal system. Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara must tell the police that their behavior was illegal, and that if they want to open an incitement investigation, they can find thousands of calls for mass murder, obliterating the Gaza Strip, starvation and many other incitements for war crimes on social media, in interviews with politicians and in rabbis' sermons.

Which entirely misses the point of course. Incitement to violence and death against Palestinians is not a crime [under apartheid] but any manifestation of Palestinian identity, culture or history is a crime. That is why Israel today is a fully-fledge police state as far as Palestinians are concerned, even for those who are Israeli citizens.