Thousands of words were written about the scandalous interrogation of Border Police fighters after they killed a terrorist who stabbed a Jew in Jerusalem. Thousands of words, without an address. Most of the criticism blamed the "system". This should, give answers and accountability to the public.
The Bar-Menachem Foundation has been the head of the DIP since 2018. It is not difficult to see that the police investigation department under it is conducting itself in a strange way, a scandalous one.
The 16-year-old boy was killed in a car overturn in Benjamin, during a police chase.
Around the time of the incident, there were allegations that the police vehicle hit the boys' vehicle, but it seems that the DIP did not make any effort to investigate the truth. Following pressure, the four were summoned for questioning, which resulted in Bar-Menachem avoiding the investigation, despite a clear law authorizing her to do so.
The policemen involved in the accident sent the report late, and a bad smell of version coordination arose. One policeman who dared to be interviewed about the case - was arrested, questioned and sent to house arrest. Q stopped her.
The same Bar-Menachem was now acting with spectacular efficiency when it decided to immediately summon the two Border Police officers for questioning under warning. DIP is conducting an investigation and investigation according to the circumstances wherever a civilian was killed as a result of police gunfire, we were told. This, of course, is not the truth. In the attack in which Eli Kay was killed about two weeks ago, the terrorist was killed. This is the procedure, as it has been in other terrorist incidents that have taken place in Jerusalem in recent months. The police officers who acted as required testified, but no one dared to interrogate them with a warning and take their weapons.
So what happened to Bar-Menachem?
She was apparently pressured by a fragmented video posted by a Palestinian, in which only part of the assassination is seen.
She did not wait for the police video showing the entire incident, a few minutes later.
She fired, with a light finger on the interrogation trigger, and everyone around would dance to her flute.
Is it professionalism?
Is this a public responsibility?
Is it discretion?
Investigation with a warning and confiscation of weapons has enormous public significance.
Such a decision has the power to rise in the blood in the future, when a warrior or warrior will think twice too much before acting against terrorists.
Bar-Menachem, the one who has been leading DIP in recent years, is strong on the weak. On parents who have lost their 16-year-old son and want, rightly, answers and real inquiry. On fighters who are subject to its decisions. Too much for us to abandon her.
Justice Minister Gideon Saar should summon Bar-Menachem and show her the way out /
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