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Title

Alleged investigation : the failure of investigations into offenses committed by IDF soldiers against Palestinians / [Lior Yavne].

Author

Yavne, Lior.

Publication

Tel Aviv : Yesh Din, 2011.

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Description

107 p. : col. ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"Out of all the complaints received by Israel's Military Police Criminal Investigations Division (MPCID) and Military Advocate General's Corps of criminal offenses allegedly committed by soldiers against Palestinian civilians and their property in the West Bank, only 3.5 percent ultimately led to indictments. In other words, complaints made to military law enforcement bodies regarding offenses by Israeli soldiers have a 96.5 percent chance of being dismissed without indictments being filed against the suspected soldiers. This report attempts to examine the reasons for this phenomenon. The report's findings are based upon the monitoring of the military law enforcement agencies' handling of 192 separate complaints filed in the past few years by Palestinians concerning attacks on them and their property by Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) solders, the review of dozens of MCPID files and additional information provided by the IDF in response to requests by Yesh Din. Alongside a review of the predominant professional failures in the work of the military law enforcement agencies, the report also shows the effect of the investigatory policy the IDF has enforced since September 2000, which undermines the chance of conducting proper investigations into offenses allegedly committed by IDF soldiers during operational activities. Finally, the report presents recommendations to correct the main flaws identified by this research"--Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Failure of investigations into offenses committed by Israeli Defense Forces soldiers against Palestinians

Subject

• Israel. Tseva haganah le-Yiśraʼel > Military police
• Criminal investigation > Israel
• Palestinian Arabs > Crimes against > West Bank

Note

• "August 2011."
• "Research and writing, Lior Yavne"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online in PDF format from Yesh Din web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required.

Contents

Introduction -- The military law enforcement system and the investigation of offenses in the OPT -- Operational debriefing hinders criminal investigations -- There are no MPCID bases in the West Bank -- Key flaws in criminal investigations -- Refusal of victims and witnesses to file complaints and testify -- Conclusion and recommendations.

OCLC

• ocn773811340
• SCSB-1633887

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library