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When the police violate the law, thank the Supreme Court | The Jerusalem Post

Jpost · · 1003 words · By YONATAN GREEN
Police accountability Judicial Supremacy Rule of Law in Israel
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12 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“a man was arrested for displaying a Palestinian flag on his kippah”
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Multiple independent sources (Egypt Independent, Meir Turgeman/Google News, and another web search result) confirm that a man was detained/arrested for wearing a kippah with both Israeli and Palestinian flags.
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web search NEUTRAL — FILE PHOTO: A Jewish man wearing a kippah. © Getty Images / Thomas Banneyer. A lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has said that he was detained by police for wearing a kippah with the Isra…
https://www.rt.com/news/639012-israel-kippah-palestinian-fla…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli man arrested for wearing kippah with Palestinian flag.Police detain man wearing kippah with Israeli and Palestinian flags on it. 4 days ago. By Meir Turgeman.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Tel Aviv, Israel —. Israeli police detained a Jewish man on Monday for wearing a kippah embroidered with an Israeli and a Palestinian flag — then cut up the religious head covering, he says — in a rar…
https://www.egyptindependent.com/police-in-israel-detain-jew…
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“When police returned the kippah to its owner, the Palestinian flag had been cut out of the now-defaced skullcap.”
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Multiple sources confirm that the police returned the kippah to the owner (Alex Sinclair) after cutting out the Palestinian flag.
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web search NEUTRAL — The British Israeli man says he was detained after someone took offence at his kippah embroidered with Israeli and Palestinian flags.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cz67qjn48eqo
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web search NEUTRAL — When Sinclair continued to demand that his property be returned, the police relented and gave it to him - after cutting out the Palestinian flag.
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-894000
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web search NEUTRAL — Alex Sinclair's story of police destroying his kippah with Israeli and Palestinian flags on it has prompted anxieties among Israeli liberals.
https://jweekly.com/2026/04/27/his-kippah-was-a-symbol-of-co…
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“Dror Hoter-Ishay, chairman of the Israel Bar Association in the 1990s, who was hounded out of office by spurious police investigations”
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Evidence confirms Dror Hoter-Yishai was the chairman of the Israel Bar Association and was involved in tax offence charges (which he was acquitted of), but the specific claim that he was 'hounded out of office by spurious police investigations' is not explicitly corroborated by the provided search results.
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web search NEUTRAL — After a brief lull, the issue resurfaced in late November, when an interview appeared in which Dror Hoter-Yishai, chairman of the Israel Bar Association, blasted the court for its intrusion into matte…
https://daat.ac.il/daat/ezrachut/english/gordon.htm
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel Bar Association Adv. Dror Hoter-Yishai was today acquitted by the Tel-Aviv District Court of tax offences. The court upheld Hoter Yishai’s appeal against his Magistrates Court conviction.
https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-357032
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web search NEUTRAL — Photo shows: Dror Hoter-Yishai, Israeli lawyer.If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp…
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dror_Hoter-Ishai,_19…
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“Shira Shpitz, who in 2020 was arrested, cuffed, and driven away on Shabbat... because she mumbled “Mishpatim busha” (“a disgraceful legal case”) to attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit”
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The search results for 'Shira Shpitz' returned generic information about the name Shira and skincare products, providing no evidence regarding an arrest or an encounter with Avichai Mandelblit.
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web search NEUTRAL — Shira (Hebrew: שירה) is a Hebrew feminine given name meaning "poetry", "singing" or "music". [1] It was the second most popular name given to girls born in Israel in 2012.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shira_(given_name)
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web search NEUTRAL — Discover why all natural and organic skin care products from Shira are used in thousands of spas, wellness centers, dermatologist’s offices and beauty schools worldwide.
https://shiraesthetics.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Online shopping for Beauty & Personal Care from a great selection of Face, Body, Eyes, Lip Care, Sunscreens & Tanning Products, Sets & Kits & more at everyday low prices.
https://www.amazon.com/Skin-Care-Products-Shira-Beauty-Perso…
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“the bereaved family of Yacoub al-Qian, an Israeli citizen whose killing in 2017 by police was covered up”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia entries about Israel and news headlines, but contains no mention of Yacoub al-Qian or a police cover-up of his killing in 2017.
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web search NEUTRAL — Treatment of Palestinians within the occupied territories and to a lesser extent in Israel itself have drawn widespread accusations that it is guilty of apartheid, a crime against humanity under the R…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Stay informed on Israel News: All for the latest updates, and breaking news on Israeli politics, culture, Israeli sports, Health, and Tech from the Jerusalem Post
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World
https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-daily-edition/
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“Zvika Klein, the editor-in-chief of this newspaper, after his shameful arrest and gross mistreatment by the police in its pursuit of the stalled “Qatargate” investigations.”
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Multiple sources confirm Zvika Klein, editor-in-chief of the Jerusalem Post, was questioned and placed under house arrest in connection with the 'Qatargate' investigation.
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web search NEUTRAL — A protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on background of Qatargate investigations, 2025. Sign reads: "Qatargate – Corruption!Investigation. On 19 March, Urich and Feldstein were investigated by the polic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatari_connection_affair
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web search NEUTRAL — Zvika Klein, The Jerusalem Post’s editor-in-chief, was named on Tuesday as the journalist who was questioned by police the day before as part of the investigation into actions by Prime Minister Benjam…
https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-848431
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web search NEUTRAL — The editor of the Jerusalem Post, Israel’s oldest English-language newspaper, has been placed under house arrest after he was questioned by police in connection with the investigation into the so-call…
https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/jerusalem-post-editor-hous…
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“In the Itzhaki affair, the police had compiled a secret mega-dossier with dirt – not part of any formal investigation – against a large portion of Israel’s elected politicians.”
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The search results discuss Israeli espionage in the US and other police investigations (like the minutes manipulation affair), but do not mention an 'Itzhaki affair' or a secret mega-dossier on politicians.
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli espionage in the United States refers to clandestine intelligence-gathering and operations conducted by or on behalf of the State of Israel within the territory of the United States and/or aga…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_espionage_in_the_Unite…
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web search NEUTRAL — Police cite WhatsApp messages to show PM's aide knew of efforts to leak classified docs 'A senior officer in Military Intelligence wants to give me urgent documents to the PM,' Eli Feldstein ...
https://www.timesofisrael.com/police-cite-whatsapp-messages-…
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web search NEUTRAL — What is the manipulation of the minutes affair? For several months, the police have been investigating a suspicion that PMO officials tried to manipulate the minutes of cabinet discussions held during…
https://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-explains/2024-11-10/ty-artic…
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“In the Pegasus affair, it turned out that the police were spying on civilians, including those not suspected of any criminality, with advanced espionage software and at a massive scale, without the remotest legal authorization.”
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Multiple sources, including Wikipedia and the Merari Report, confirm the use of Pegasus spyware by Israeli police and the subsequent legal/ethical scandals regarding the monitoring of civilians.
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web search NEUTRAL — Pegasus is spyware developed by the Israeli cyber-arms company NSO Group that is designed to be covertly and remotely installed on mobile phones running iOS and Android.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_(spyware)
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel’s Legal Framework for Online Surveillance. At the heart of the Aug. 1 Merari report is the question whether the use of Pegasus spyware is compatible with Israel’s legal framework governing poli…
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/stay-calm-and-proceed-c…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israeli-made Pegasus spyware has been used globally by repressive states to crackdown on dissent. A new expose reveals its abuse inside Israel.Initially, Israel’s police agency denied Calcalist’s repo…
https://www.voanews.com/a/fact-check-israel-pegasus-scandal/…
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“In 2020, the court effectively torpedoed a new Government Commission tasked with reviewing the effectiveness of the Police Investigation Department”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to verify or deny this claim.
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“In 2022, the court struck down a major piece of legislation that would have granted greater ministerial... control over broad police policy and priorities.”
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“Since 2023, the court has consistently hampered, hindered, and ultimately thwarted the work of a government commission investigating the Pegasus affair.”
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“In 2024, the National Police Commissioner declared that “the Israeli police must remain autonomous! Independent!””
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