Knesset’s oldest guard dog retires
Jewish Journal
August 18, 2011
The Knesset\’s oldest guard dog has retired.
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israel
Police car firebombed during outpost demolition
Jewish Journal
June 2, 2011
An Israeli police officer\’s car was firebombed during the dismantling of illegal structures at a West Bank outpost. Six people were arrested Thursday in the attack on the car earlier in the morning, according to reports.
Police bike tour seeks funds for Israeli cyclists
Rachel Heller
April 12, 2011
“We ride for those who died” — that’s the motto of the national Police Unity Tour (PUT), a grueling, three-day bicycle ride in which teams of police officers from across the United States pedal to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, D.C. The annual spring event is held to honor the memory of officers killed each year in the line of duty.
Israeli police want to charge Katsav for rape; U.S. funding Hamas opponents
Jewish Journal
October 19, 2006
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Turmoil Grows as Withdrawal Nears
Leslie Susser
July 7, 2005
With Israel\’s withdrawal from the Gaza Strip scheduled to begin on Aug. 15, escalating right-wing and settler protests threaten to plunge the country into anarchy and could provoke a strong anti-settler backlash.
Protesters last week blocked major highways, poured oil and scattered spikes across a busy road; occupied buildings in Gaza, and threw stones at Palestinians and Israel Defense Forces soldiers. The army and police responded by temporarily declaring the Gaza Strip a closed military zone, ejecting the extremists from occupied buildings and making dozens of arrests.
In an unprecedented spate of interviews and public statements, Prime Minister Ariel Sharon condemned what he called the \”hooliganism\” of the far right, and vowed that he would not be deterred by it.
However, will authorities be able to maintain law and order in the face of even more extreme protest plans?
Top Cops Patrol Israel Beat
Mike Levy
September 26, 2002
"I went with police one night on patrol on Ben Yehuda Street," recalled Irvine Police Chief Michael Berkow. "There was a rock concert that night, about 20,000 people on the street, probably 80 percent 13, 14, 15, 16 years old, the rest parents with toddlers.
High Security Holidays
Mike Levy
August 29, 2002
Last Sunday, a bomb squad van, police cars and fire trucks rushed to Temple Beth Torah in Culver City.
Last Yom Kippur, a car crashed into a small synagogue on Pico Boulevard, and off-duty police officers immediately evacuated the nearby B\’nai David-Judea.
Community Briefs
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2002
Family and close friends buried slain Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl Sunday morning and vowed that his example would continue to inspire \”millions of friends and strangers touched by his life and death.\”
A Russian Godfather?
Larry Derfner
July 3, 1997
To the general Israeli public, the \”Lerner Affair\” reveals the frightening tentacles of the Russian mafia in Israel, and the danger it poses to this country\’s economic and political system. To many in the Russian immigrant community, however, the Lerner Affair is a case of harassment — a high-profile attempt by the established Israeli \”elite\” to cast all Russian immigrants as criminals.
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