Israeli Police Appoints First Arab to Senior Rank

Israel Police logoIsrael has appointed the first ever Arab police officer to the rank of deputy commissioner, the force’s second-highest rank. Jamal Hakrush, a Muslim from the village of Kafr Kanna in Galilee, Israel, was formally appointed to the position in a ceremony on Wednesday attended by Israeli Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, the Times of Israel reported. Hakrush’s…