Yesh Din
Volunteers for Human Rights
Updated data monitoring hundreds of Investigations: 91% of cases closed without indictments
12/15/2011
Yesh Din releases updated data on its monitoring of investigations by the SJ (Samaria and Judea, or West Bank) Police District of offenses committed against Palestinians.
The data presents the results of the investigation of 760 cases handled by the SJ Police District based on complaints filed by Palestinian residents of the West Bank for offenses committed by Israeli civilians against them and their property.
The figures show that only 7.5% of investigations of offenses committed by Israelis against Palestinians in the West Bank lead to indictments. The vast majority of investigations – nearly 90 percent – end in the closure of investigations on grounds that indicate a failure of the investigation ("perpetrator unknown", "insufficient evidence").
A high rate of failure is seen particularly in investigations of property offenses – 97% of these cases are closed on grounds that indicate failures by the investigators in investigating them.
The significance of the data is that the State of Israel still fails to uphold its duty to set up an effective mechanism for enforcing the law on Israeli civilians who commit crimes – some of which are extremely egregious – against Palestinian civilians in the territories under military occupation.
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The data presents the results of the investigation of 760 cases handled by the SJ Police District based on complaints filed by Palestinian residents of the West Bank for offenses committed by Israeli civilians against them and their property.
The figures show that only 7.5% of investigations of offenses committed by Israelis against Palestinians in the West Bank lead to indictments. The vast majority of investigations – nearly 90 percent – end in the closure of investigations on grounds that indicate a failure of the investigation ("perpetrator unknown", "insufficient evidence").
A high rate of failure is seen particularly in investigations of property offenses – 97% of these cases are closed on grounds that indicate failures by the investigators in investigating them.
The significance of the data is that the State of Israel still fails to uphold its duty to set up an effective mechanism for enforcing the law on Israeli civilians who commit crimes – some of which are extremely egregious – against Palestinian civilians in the territories under military occupation.
Full press release
Read full monitoring data