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A police officer shoots and kills Kir Hamdan from Kafr Kanna. (CCTV footage)

No charges for officers involved in Kafr Kanna killing

Netanyahu and the Israel Police offer diametrically different responses to two cases of police violence, one against an Ethiopian Israeli and another against an Arab citizen of Israel. When it comes to police brutality, it seems that even racism stinks of discrimination. Two separate cases of police violence against Israeli citizens were caught and recorded…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 5, 2015

Bedouin mourners participate in a rally in the southern Israeli Bedouin city of Rahat to condemn the death of Sami Ja’ar, 22, who died of a gunshot wound last week during a police raid in the Negev Bedouin town, and of Sami Ziadna, who was killed during clashes with Israeli police following the funeral of Ja’ar. The protesters march from the house of Ja’ar family to Ziadna family home, January 20, 2015. (Activestills.org)

PHOTOS: Bedouin protest deadly police shootings in Israel

Police shoot and kill a Bedouin man during an arrest raid, later killing another man at his funeral. A general strike is called and protests take place across Israel. Text by Yael Marom and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Photos and reporting by Activestills.org Protests took place across Israel on Tuesday following the police shooting death of…

By Activestills January 21, 2015