Publications

The Framework The Israeli government must make a commitment to adopt an official policy that makes the fight against violence and organized crime in the Arab sector a leading national priority and approve an integrative, multi-year, budgeted work plan for the full implementation of this policy. The background to the phenomenon of the pervasive violence is complex and grounded in many factors. At their base are serious societal challenges as well as neglect and an ongoing lack of governance on the part of the state. As a...

The Covid-19 pandemic has created a new situation for the Israel Police (IP). Instead of focusing on criminal offenses and personal security, the IP are called on to give high priority to the enforcement of pandemic-related regulations and restrictions on the general public. This new reality demands of the IP much sensitivity, along with the need to make fine distinctions among situations and population groups in the fulfillment of two primary objectives: enforcement of the government’s instructions to contain contagion, and...