Israel Police Photos

A Palestinian throws a stone at an Israeli vehicle, carrying border police officers, in the West Bank city of Hebron February 22, 2010, after Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was quoted in a statement as saying that the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a site holy to Muslims and Jews in Hebron, would be part of a plan to rehabilitate some 150 Jewish and Zionist heritage sites. Israel said on Sunday it wanted to include two Jewish shrines in the occupied West Bank in the national plan, drawing condemnation from the Palestinians. Reuters

Israeli border police officers walk outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs, a site holy to Muslims and Jews, in the West Bank city of Hebron February 22, 2010. Israel said on Sunday it wanted to include two Jewish shrines in the occupied West Bank, one of them the Tomb of the Patriarchs, in a national plan to rehabilitate some 150 Jewish and Zionist heritage sites, drawing condemnation from the Palestinians. Reuters

Lebanese Mahmoud Rafeh, center, a 60-year-old retired police officer, who was charged with spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and helping execute a bombing that killed Mahmoud Majzoub, a senior Islamic Jihad official and his brother outside their home in the southern city of Sidon, is seen as he listens to the court ruling, in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. A military court has sentenced Rafeh to death for collaborating with Israel to plan a 2006 car bombing that killed two Lebanese members of a militant Palestinian group. AP

Lebanese Mahmoud Rafeh, a 60-year-old retired police officer, who was charged with spying for the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad and helping execute a bombing that killed Mahmoud Majzoub, a senior Islamic Jihad official, is seen in a dock at a military court in Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010. A military court has sentenced Rafeh to death for collaborating with Israel to plan a 2006 car bombing that killed two Lebanese members of a militant Palestinian group. AP

Israeli Police volunteers skate past a shopping mall during an alert caused by a bomb scare in central Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2010. AP

Surfers walk past mounted Israeli police officers on the beach in the southern city of Ashkelon February 2, 2010. At least two explosive devices have washed up on Israeli beaches in what security officials described on Tuesday as an attempt by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip to attack Israel. AP

In this photo taken on Jan. 13, 2010 Goel Ratzon, center, is escorted by Israeli Police officers to a Tel Aviv court. Goel Ratzon, 60, whose first name is Hebrew for "Savior", is in a Tel Aviv jail, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children. (AP Photo) ** ISRAEL OUT. AP

In this photo taken late Saturday, Feb. 6, 2010, Israeli police officers detain Tony Copti, back left, who participated in the movie "Ajami," an Israeli movie nominated for an Oscar, and his brother Jiriass Copti, center, in Jaffa, Israel. "Ajami", co-produced by the brothers third bother Scandar Copti, depicts the brutal life of drugs, violence and poverty in Jaffa, a mixed Jewish-Arab neighborhood near Tel Aviv. AP

FILE - In this file photo taken Friday, Jan. 15, 2010, Israeli police officers arrest a left wing activist during a protest near a disputed house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Israel's battered pro-peace camp is showing signs of life with a weekly Jerusalem gathering of a motley collection of anarchists, intellectuals and radical rabbis, but they face a public increasingly hostile to their point of view. Activists have gathered each Friday since November in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah to protest the eviction of Palestinians from their homes to make room for Jewish settlers. The demonstrations have become a rallying cry for the shrunken left and freedom of speech advocates who say their country has become increasingly intolerant of dissent since waging a bruising winter war in Gaza. AP

An Israeli Border police officer holds tear gas launchers during a protest in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah in this January 22, 2010 file photo. In Nabi Saleh, Palestinians frustrated by the failure of peace talks to protect their land from Jewish settlement growth are on the march, and ready to face the teargas. Reuters

Members of Hamas's police force take part in an anti-Israel protest in Gaza City January 15, 2010. Reuters

A Palestinian woman puts her hand in the face of an Israeli Border police officer during scuffles in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh near Ramallah in this January 22, 2010 file photo. In Nabi Saleh, Palestinians frustrated by the failure of peace talks to protect their land from Jewish settlement growth are on the march, and ready to face the teargas. Reuters

An Israeli border police officer patrols in front of Turkey's Embassy in Tel Aviv January 13, 2010. Turkey on Wednesday threatened to recall its ambassador to Israel unless it received a formal apology over his treatment, in a row that has made even frostier the chilly ties between Jewish state and Muslim regional power. Reuters

Israeli border police stand guard during a protest by left-wing activists calling for an end to Israel's blockade on the Gaza Strip, at Zikim beach just outside northern Gaza December 27, 2009. Sunday marks one year since the start of a three-week offensive Israel launched in Gaza during which more than 1,400 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed. Israel launched the offensive with the declared aim of stopping Palestinian rocket fire on southern Israel. Reuters

Israeli Border-police deploy against Palestinian stone-throwers during a protest against Israel's controversial separation barrier on Fatah Day January 1, 2010 in Ni'ilin, West Bank. Palestinians from this village marked the 45th anniversary of the founding of the Fatah faction of the PLO during their weekly demonstration against the wall which encroaches on their land. Getty

An Israeli border police officer arrests a Palestinian man as a boy looks on during a demonstration against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. AP

A Palestinian woman pushes an Israeli border police officer after they arrested a Palestinian man during a demonstration against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. AP

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 - Undercover Israeli police officers scuffle with a Palestinian as his son is being detained during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud October 9, 2009. Palestinian leaders on Thursday called for a general strike over disputed Jerusalem and warned of further protests on the Muslim day of Friday prayers at al-Aqsa mosque. Israel says it is not taking seriously recent Palestinian warnings that a general uprising is about to break out. Reuters

RNPS YEAR 2009 - Police protects pro-Israel protestors with Israeli flags during a demonstration against Israeli air strikes in the Gaza Strip in Duisburg January 17, 2009. Reuters

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2009 file photo, showing Israeli police as they detain a left-wing activist during a demonstration in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah. Israel is arresting a growing number of prominent opponents of its policies toward the Palestinians, spurring accusations that it is trying to crush legitimate dissent. AP

RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2009 MEA - A member of the Palestinian security forces (R) kicks a Palestinian stone-thrower, protesting Israel's offensive in Gaza, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem January 8, 2009. Several rockets fired from Lebanon struck northern Israel on Thursday, slightly wounding two people, police and medics said, in attacks seen as linked to Israel's war on Hamas Islamists in the Gaza Strip. Reuters

An Israeli border police officer arrestS a Palestinian man as a boy looks on during a demonstration against Israel's controversial separation barrier in the West Bank village of Maasarah, near Bethlehem, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. AP

Israeli police crime scene investigators survey the scene after an Israeli was shot dead in his vehicle near the settlement of Einav near the West Bank town of Tulkarm December 24, 2009. An Israeli was killed in a shooting attack outside a Jewish settlement in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Thursday, Israel Radio reported. Reuters

An Israeli police officer stands guard next to the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. AP

An Israeli border police officer stands in front of an ultra-Orthodox Jew as he gestures during a protest in Jerusalem November 21, 2009. Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jews demonstrated on Saturday at Intel Corp.'s new electronic chip plant in Israel, in protest against work taking place at the site on the Jewish Sabbath. Reuters

Israeli police officers hold riot shields during clashes with Palestinian stone-throwers after the demolition of a house in the Arab neighbourhood of Isawiyeh in east Jerusalem November 18, 2009. An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed U.S. anger at Israel's approval for new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement "at a time when we are working to relaunch negotiations, these actions make it more difficult for our efforts to succeed." The United States also objects to continued evictions and the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, he said. According to the Jerusalem municipality, the house was demolished due to a lack of permits. Reuters

A Palestinian woman carries a girl past Israeli police officers standing guard as heavy machinery arrives to demolish a house in the Arab neighbourhood of Isawiyeh in east Jerusalem November 18, 2009. An aide to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday dismissed U.S. anger at Israel's approval for new homes in a settlement near Jerusalem. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs said in a statement "at a time when we are working to relaunch negotiations, these actions make it more difficult for our efforts to succeed." The United States also objects to continued evictions and the demolition of Palestinian homes in East Jerusalem, he said. According to the Jerusalem municipality, the house was demolished due to a lack of permits. Reuters

Self-styled Jewish cleric Elior Noam Hen (C) is escorted handcuffed by Israeli police officers upon his arrival at Ben Gurion International airport near Tel Aviv October 28, 2009. Hen, an Israeli citizen accused of having tortured eight children in Israel and the West Bank last year, was extradited from Brazil on Wednesday. Reuters

Israeli police patrol past Palestinian men as they pray in an alleyway after they were denied entry to the al-Aqsa compound as clashes erupted inside the OId City on October 25, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Renewed violence erupted throughout Jerusalem's Old City between Israeli police and Palestinians, in and around the holy site known to Muslims as the al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews as the Temple Mount. Getty

An Israeli policeman takes aim with a rubber-projectile firing gun, during clashes inside the OId City on October 25, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Renewed violence erupted throughout Jerusalem's Old City between Israeli police and Palestinians, in and around the holy site known to Muslims as the al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews as the Temple Mount. Getty

An Arab youth runs for cover as an Israeli policeman takes aim at Palestinian rioters on October 25, 2009 in the Arab neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud in East Jerusalem, Israel. Renewed violence erupted in the city between Israeli police and Palestinians, in and around the holy site known to Muslims as the al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews as the Temple Mount. Getty

An Arab man gestures to Palestinian stone-throwers to let him and his daughter pass as Israeli police redeploy on October 25, 2009 in the Arab neighbourhood of Ras al-Amud in East Jerusalem, Israel. Renewed violence erupted in the city between Israeli police and Palestinians, in and around the holy site known to Muslims as the al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews as the Temple Mount. Getty

A Palestinian woman scuffles with Israeli policemen during clashes inside the OId City on October 25, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Renewed violence erupted throughout Jerusalem's Old City between Israeli police and Palestinians, in and around the holy site known to Muslims as the al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews as the Temple Mount. Getty

Israeli border police stand post at a barricade during clashes inside the OId City on October 25, 2009 in Jerusalem, Israel. Renewed violence erupted throughout Jerusalem's Old City between Israeli police and Palestinians, in and around the holy site known to Muslims as the al-Haram al-Sharif and Jews as the Temple Mount. Getty