A climate of impunity for anti-Arab racism?

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Maysam Abu Alqian, who was beaten by off-duty Border Police outside the Tel Aviv supermarket where he worked

Published: 24 May 2016

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Tel Aviv police beating sparks calls for ‘soul-searching’ – The Times of Israel 23.05.16
The victim, an Israeli Arab supermarket worker, was not shown evidence that the plainclothes men asking him for ID were policemen. Police statement accuses the Arab of attacking the policemen. Super Yuda owner Kobi Cohen said officers had hit Alqian ‘mercilessly until he was incapacitated. Everyone is shocked by what happened. And there’s only one reason for it — the guy was an Arab.’
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What it's really like being Arab in the 'liberal' city of Tel Aviv – Amer Dacca – Haaretz 24.05.16
The savage beating of a 19-year-old Bedouin man by police officers on Sunday made me recall my own ordeal at the hands of the police, over 20 years ago.

Rights group: police collecting intel by ‘visiting’ E. J’lem homes at 3 a.m. – Nir Hasson – Haaretz 23.05.16
No warrants were shown, but lots of questions were asked of East Jerusalem residents by masked police in the middle of the night over the last month, say witnesses. ‘This is a frightful practice that has no place in a democratic state. A person’s clearest and most basic rights to privacy, freedom, and dignity are all being brutally trampled upon.’