Police refused to approve a Sunday rally calling for the release of Sami Ahmed Ja'asous' body, saying it would express support for terrorism. Ja'asous, who had a mental illness, was shot and killed earlier this month after allegedly trying to stab a police officer in Lod

Yoav Eliasi, known as 'The Shadow' and a close ally of police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, used his role as commander of a civilian squad to seek leniency from district police after violent incidents at a Tel Aviv club in which he was a business partner