According to Yesh Din's annual datasheet summarizing its monitoring monitoring hundreds of investigations by the SJ (Samaria and Judea) police district into crimes committed against Palestinians, the police fail to investigate ideological crimes committed by Israelis against Palestinians. The data shows that 91% of investigations into crimes committed by Israelis against Palestinians and their property are closed without indictments being served and 84% of the investigation files are closed because of the investigators' failure to locate suspects and evidence.
The findings reveal that out of 781 investigations conducted by the SJ police district (from 2005 to March 2012), following complaints by Palestinian civilians in the West Bank of crimes committed by Israeli civilians against them and their property, less than 9% resulted in indictments being served. The vast majority of investigation files – more than 84% – were closed due to circumstances that indicate a failure of the investigation: most, following police failure to locate the criminals or collect sufficient evidence for prosecution, and some due to the loss of complaints and the apparently unjustified closure of investigation files on grounds of "lack of criminal culpability."
Summary
http://www.yesh-din.org/postview.asp?postid=205
Full Data Sheet - 11 pages
http://www.yesh-din.org/userfiles/file/datasheets/LawEnforcement%20data%20sheet%20Eng_March_2012_Eng.pdf
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