Sami al-Ja'ar

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Israeli police arrests a Palestinian protester at a demonstration for the release of hunger striker Mohammad Allan, outside of Barzilai hospital in Ashkelon, Israel. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

For Israeli police, every Palestinian is guilty until proven innocent

Like many Palestinian citizens before him, Israeli police insist on holding Maysam Abu Alqian responsible for the beating he took in broad daylight. The beating of 19-year-old Maysam Abu Alqian by plainclothes Border Police officers in central Tel Aviv on Sunday was depressingly familiar, both in the incident itself and its aftermath. Alqian, a Bedouin…

By Natasha Roth-Rowland May 23, 2016

Mourners carry the body of Sami al-Jaar during his funeral, in the city of Rahat, Negev Desert, January 18, 2015. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

‘You killed my son’: Cop who shot Bedouin man is back on the job

When Khaled al-Ja’ar called the police to report drug dealers in his neighborhood, he never thought they would kill his son. Now he is turning to Israel’s top court to demand that his son’s killer, who has since been released and put back on the job, be arrested and prosecuted. By Michal Rotem (translated from…

By +972 Magazine March 5, 2015