Israel police scandal

Chief prosecutor warns police watchdog must remain independent as reform faces court challenge

Mahash is the body responsible for investigating suspected criminal offenses by the police, including cases involving alleged police violence, corruption, and abuse of authority, among other things.

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
Mahash, the Police Internal Investigations Department, in Jerusalem on November 30, 2025.
THE ISRAEL POLICE conducts its high-level investigations through Lahav 433, the country’s ‘FBI,’ headquartered in this building in Lod.

Police investigate Lahav 433 officer accused of sexually harassing subordinate policewoman - report

According to the report by KAN, the officer allegedely made made sexually explicit statements towards his subordinate, with the incident being investigated.

|ByTOBIAS HOLCMAN
Former chief of police Roni Alsheikh.

Former police commissioner questioned under suspicion of employing illegal resident

The inquiry followed a police operation in Givat Shmuel on Monday, during which an undocumented worker was arrested and said he had been working at a semi-detached house in the area.

|ByMAARIV
An illustrative image of an Israel Police officer.

Israel Police 'in uproar' as high-ranking officer interrogated over severe abuse of power suspicion

Questioning lasted over seven hours. The officer was released under condition of not entering police facilities or contacting anyone involved for at least nine days. Details remain under a gag order.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Jerusalem District Police commander abruptly resigns

Public Security minister demands prompt search for replacement, ‘rehabilitation of police culture.’

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014ByDANIEL K. EISENBUD
Israeli Police

Media scandals

Too often, under the cover of protecting someone’s good name, entirely guiltless parties are smeared wholesale.

MARCH 24, 2014ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Silvan Shalom at cabinet meeting 370