Requests to Bring Israel’s Ex-Public Security Minister to Justice

Israeli police make arrests in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod when deadly intercommunal violence erupted during May 2021’s Gaza conflict. (AFP)
Israeli police make arrests in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod when deadly intercommunal violence erupted during May 2021’s Gaza conflict. (AFP)
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Requests to Bring Israel’s Ex-Public Security Minister to Justice

Israeli police make arrests in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod when deadly intercommunal violence erupted during May 2021’s Gaza conflict. (AFP)
Israeli police make arrests in the mixed Jewish-Arab city of Lod when deadly intercommunal violence erupted during May 2021’s Gaza conflict. (AFP)

The Arab Joint List appealed on Sunday against closing a probe into the killing of Mussa Hassuna in the central Israeli city of Lod in May 2021.

It requested the Israeli government’s legal advisor to reopen the case file and bring former Public Security Minister Amir Ohana into justice.

This comes in the wake of new disclosed information that Ohana interfered in the investigation process in favor of the criminals and with the aim of acquitting them.

Closing the case represents a flagrant discrimination between Arabs and Jews and gives the green light for criminals to commit other crimes, Party Head Ayman Odeh wrote in his letter.

Hassuna, a 32-year-old Arab-Israeli father, was shot dead on May 10 in Lod, as violent Jewish-Arab clashes shook the city in the early days of the 11-day conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

Five Jewish suspects were arrested on suspicion of being involved in Hassuna’s death but were released on bail shortly afterward.

The men claimed that they were acting in self-defense after an Arab mob descended upon them.

Adalah, the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, said it filed an appeal on behalf of Hassuna’s family against closing the case.

Adalah Attorney Nareman Shehadeh-Zoabi argued in the appeal that the “investigatory material indicates that the Israeli police conducted a negligent, flawed investigation with the ultimate aim of clearing the suspects of any charge.”
Video footage and other materials found in the investigation also suggests that prominent political leaders unlawfully pressured the police throughout the process, altering the course of investigation.

Adalah argued that the self-defense claims relied on by the State Attorney to justify the closure of the cases must be assessed by judicial rather than law enforcement authorities.

Its appeal demanded that the State Attorney reinvestigate all five suspects and conduct a thorough, adequate inquiry.



Pro-Palestinian Activists Charged with Damaging Planes at UK Air Base are Held in Custody

An activist from Palestine Action sprays a military aircraft engine with red paint at RAF Brize Norton, to damage it, in Carterton, Britain, June 20, 2025, in this still image obtained from handout video. The group's action was in protest of British military assistance to Israel, claiming that they, "interrupted Britain's direct participation in the commission of genocide and war crimes across the Middle East", stating on their website. Palestine Action/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
An activist from Palestine Action sprays a military aircraft engine with red paint at RAF Brize Norton, to damage it, in Carterton, Britain, June 20, 2025, in this still image obtained from handout video. The group's action was in protest of British military assistance to Israel, claiming that they, "interrupted Britain's direct participation in the commission of genocide and war crimes across the Middle East", stating on their website. Palestine Action/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
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Pro-Palestinian Activists Charged with Damaging Planes at UK Air Base are Held in Custody

An activist from Palestine Action sprays a military aircraft engine with red paint at RAF Brize Norton, to damage it, in Carterton, Britain, June 20, 2025, in this still image obtained from handout video. The group's action was in protest of British military assistance to Israel, claiming that they, "interrupted Britain's direct participation in the commission of genocide and war crimes across the Middle East", stating on their website. Palestine Action/Handout via REUTERS/File photo
An activist from Palestine Action sprays a military aircraft engine with red paint at RAF Brize Norton, to damage it, in Carterton, Britain, June 20, 2025, in this still image obtained from handout video. The group's action was in protest of British military assistance to Israel, claiming that they, "interrupted Britain's direct participation in the commission of genocide and war crimes across the Middle East", stating on their website. Palestine Action/Handout via REUTERS/File photo

Four pro-Palestinian protesters were held in custody Thursday after their first appearance in a London court on charges they damaged two Royal Air Force planes with red paint and crowbars.

The charges come after the group Palestine Action said two of its members entered RAF Brize Norton on June 20 and used electric scooters to approach two Voyager jets used for air-to-air refueling. The protesters used repurposed fire extinguishers to spray paint into the planes’ jet engines and caused further damage with crowbars, according to the group, which released video footage of the incident, The AP news reported.

The four, all between the ages of 22 and 35, are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage and conspiracy to enter a prohibited place for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the UK, counterterror police said in a statement. The Crown Prosecution Service will argue that the offenses have a “terrorist connection,” police said.

The group did not enter pleas in Westminster Magistrates’ Court. They were scheduled to appear July 18 at the Central Criminal Court.

Palestine Action has claimed responsibility for a series of incidents targeting Israeli defense contractors in the UK and other sites linked to the war in Gaza.

Following the incident at RAF Brize Norton, the government introduced legislation to ban Palestine Action as a terrorist organization. The measure, being debated in Parliament, would make it a criminal offense to belong to or support the group, with a maximum of 14 years in prison.

Palestine Action said its protests are designed to end international support for Israel’s war in Gaza.

Planes from Brize Norton, 70 miles (112 kilometers) northwest of London, regularly fly to RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus, Britain’s main air base for operations in the Middle East.