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Will the Teflon Olmert Wiggle Out of Lebanon Responsibilities, Police Investigations?

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‘Winograd Won’t Recommend Firing PM’, by Dan Izenberg and Gil Hoffman (Jerusalem Post)

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The Winograd Committee on the Second Lebanon War will not make recommendations for sanctions to be taken against anyone involved in the failures of the government during and leading up to the war, Channel 2 and the Ynet news site reported on Monday.

This means the panel will not have to issue any cautionary letters and will be able to publish its final report before the end of the year, according to Ynet. If the reports on the letters of caution are true, witnesses will not have to hire lawyers, study the evidence against them and argue their cases before the committee, a procedure that was expected to have delayed the final report by many months. read more

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Amona Police Brutality Knesset Investigations Continue …

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Amona Witness: Police Threw Stones at Roofs

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“Anat Roth, a researcher from the Israeli Institute for Democracy, has given the first testimony given before the committee investigating police violence during the recent evacuation of Amona. Ms. Roth came to Amona at that time to compile material for a doctoral assignment. She previously worked as an assistant to MK Matan Vilnai and former Labor party leader Amram Mitzna.”

“Ms. Roth stated that she had been in Amona since the day before the expulsion. She noticed that in their pre-evacuation preparations, residents and demonstrators alike stressed the need to avoid violence. Demonstrators were told many times that the struggle should resemble that of Gush Katif and that protest methods such as sitting on the ground and other forms of passive resistance should be used.” read more

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Latest Investigations: Beginning of End of Olmert?

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Will the current round of investigations of corruption alleged against prime minister Ehud Olmert result in his having to resign or in his government’s end?

Or will the man who perfected into a political science teflon and etrogization, which first originated in an obvious way in the Sharon prime ministership with the expulsion of Jews from Gush Katif, once again evade resignation and prosecution by virtue of devastating diplomatic actions and appeasements jeopardizing and endangering both the Jewish people and our land? read more

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Police Brutality: Israel-Style

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Policemen Convicted of Assaulting Detained Jewish Protester (6/2/2007 Israeljustice.com)

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“‘Because of this [the trial] I was fired.’ [Police Officer] Naim said. ‘Do I owe you something,’ [Judge] Efrati responded. ‘I was a [police] investigations officer for 15 years and I was at demonstrations.'”

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Two police officers have been convicted of severely beating a handcuffed Jewish teenager who had protested the government’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank. read more

The Israeli Police: Public Servants Who Perceive Themselves as Above Law and Morality

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Our World: More Than a Few Rotten Apples, by Caroline Glick (Jerusalem Post)

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“The mafia brings people into the police and they act as [the mafia’s] servants…The people in the police are afraid of nothing. A person who can take a half-a-million shekels inside a police station and not report it is someone who couldn’t care less and fears nothing. A police like this cannot endure.”

Thus spoke retired district judge Vardi Zeiler Sunday morning. Zeiler’s indictment of the police came as he presented the findings of the state commission he led which investigated allegations of police and prosecutorial mishandling of organized crime investigations and of police collusion with the Perinian crime family. read more

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More Amona Police Brutality Complaints Filed …

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3 Complaints Against Police for Amona Brutality

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Chaim Cohen, representing a Yesha human rights organization, on Thursday submitted three complaints to Justice Minister Police Investigations Unit officials pertaining to brutality by police during the Amona expulsion.

Three youths allege police beat them without provocation or cause, with one stating he was treated in a hospital as a result of the force used against him.

Earlier in the month, a criminal indictment was handed down against mounted policeman David Edri after evidence gathered in the investigation supported claims that he used brutal force against innocent protestors without cause. read more

Brutalization of Young Women [Such As in Amona]; Systemic in Israel’s Police Forces???

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High-Ranking Cop Accused of Sexual Harassment

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The Police Investigations Department in the Justice Ministry was investigating a complaint on Sunday received against a very high-ranking Central District officer. The complaint concerns allegations of the sexual harassment of two young women serving in the national service corps.

The two complained to their direct superior regarding the officer’s behavior, and she reported the matter to the district social welfare officer. That officer then alerted Central District Commander Lt.-Cmdr. Aharon Franco to the complaints, and he referred the matter to the Police Investigations Department, who were investigating the matter. read more

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More on Today’s Knesset Amona Investigations …

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AG Defends Decision to Evacuate Amona

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“Attorney General Menahem Mazuz told the special parliamentary investigative committee into the violent events at Amona on Tuesday that settler offers of a compromise that were presented to him prior to the Amona evacuation were untenable, not to the point, and unfeasible.”

“Mazuz added that the Amona structures had to be demolished because, ‘they were tainted with all levels of illegality.'”

“The structures were built on private Palestinian land,’ he said.” read more

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Amona Investigations Continue Tuesday, Wednesday …

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Amona Investigation Moves into Full Gear

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“The Knesset investigation into the violence at Amona moved into full gear, with a line-up of senior Israeli officials scheduled to give testimony this week.”

“Attorney General Meni Mazuz will testify tomorrow. On Wednesday, the heads of Israel’s police and security services will appear before the committee. Among those testifying will be IDF Chief-of-Staff Dan Halutz and Police Chief Moshe Karadi.”

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Olmert, Mofaz, Halutz, Karadi on Docket to be Called By Amona Investigations Committee …

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PM Olmert to be Summoned by Amona Commission

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“While the committee includes representatives of various political parties, Olmert’s Kadima Party has refused to send a representative. Olmert remains adamantly opposed to the investigation, defending the actions of police and border police. His appearance before the committee is expected to take place before the March general election campaign. The acting prime minister has vowed to disband the parliamentary committee after the elections.” read more

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