"But one minute and 33 seconds after the video begins, something happens that shows that, as opposed to what the police claim, (riot policeman Moshe) Cohen works in an organization where violence against civilians has become routine, acceptable. In those last 16 seconds, a few of his colleagues from the unit enter the picture and see him acting violently, kicking (Palestinian truck driver) Shweiki in the back and knocking him to the ground, bleeding from his head."
--Haaretz+ police correspondent writes that violence actually is part of the culture of Israel police.*

*Israel Police's Culture of Violence Highlighted by Video of Officer Attacking Palestinian (Yaniv Kubovich, Haaretz+) Israel Police's handling of the video's aftermath confirms that the officer's colleagues were committed to a conspiracy of silence, and not to the greater public.
Israel is the prime suspect, but not the only one (Elior Levy, Yedioth/Ynet) Israel, Hamas, Gaza Salafists and even the Palestinian Authority all had good reason to want Hamas commander Mazan Fukha dead. So who killed the released prisoner who returned to his terrorist ways? 
Israel 2017, Now the Video (Gideon Levy, Haaretz+) The public outcry over footage of a violent policeman attacking a Palestinian truck driver is almost as nauseating as the video itself. 
The crisis of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation: Kahlon couldn’t believe that he would find himself defending the rule of law and democracy (Ben Caspit, Maariv) Does it really make sense to anyone that Geula Even's appointment to the IPBC is supposed to upset a prime minister as if it were a nuclear Iranian missile? Where are Ministers Bennett, Shaked, Lieberman and Deri? What are they afraid of?
Israel's Public Security Minister Serves as the Wake-up Call (Carolina Landsmann, Haaretz+) Perhaps the sane public in Israel needs an electric shock in order to jolt it into action and shake off the racist regime that is staining the name of the Jewish people for generations to come. 
In light of changes in Syria, Israeli policy must be updated (Amos Yadlin, Yedioth/Ynet) The situation in the northern arena requires Israel to clarify its strategic targets, while continuously and thoroughly reviewing the benefit of its moves versus the risk of unwanted escalation. The most important diplomatic and military objective is to prevent Iran from putting down roots in Syria. 
It’s Folly to Believe All Will Be Well (Rogel Alpher, Haaretz+) One of these days Hamas will succeed in carrying out a major terror attack. The timing is not known. One thing is for sure: It will happen soon. 
The Jewish Resistance comes to AIPAC (Ayelet Reiter, Haaretz+) I will be joining thousands of IfNotNow activists to protest AIPAC's shameful silence since Trump's election and its attempts to make the Israeli occupation permanent. 
In Topsy-turvy Trump Era, AIPAC Is Twisting in the Wind (Chemi Shalev, Haaretz+) The lobby's attitude toward a two-state solution recounts the slogan of an old Israeli bra commercial – walk with, but feel without. 
Israel’s City of David: A Tourist Attraction Concealing a Violent Enterprise (Yuval Evri, Haaretz+) The Jerusalem site draws an imaginary line between Zionist nationalism and Jewish sovereignty in the Bible. It wipes out the history of the land and its Arab inhabitants. 
Fighting spirit: In most the cases, we were dragged into war because of considerations that were other than national security (Ran Adelist, Maariv) A prime minister who was pushed into the corner of lepers and a defense minister who prefers to play with fire rather than go to elections. Could it be that someone here wants to consciously start a battle in Syria?
Reality of False Threats (Haaretz Editorial) The fake threats by an Israeli from Ashkelon are liable to undermine the battle against anti-Semitism. But anti-Semitism is real, and Israel and the Jewish world must continue to fight it. 
This Year at AIPAC, Unquestioning Support for Trump and Netanyahu Can’t Be an Option (Jeremy Ben-Ami, Haaretz+) Are traditional pro-Israel voices really willing to voice the American Jewish community’s opposition to the attack on liberal, democratic values underway in both Israel and the U.S.? 
Sorry Trump & Co.: This Isn’t the Start of the Londonistan Intifada (Daniella Peled, Haaretz+) Londoners are calm and carrying on, with no thanks to ignorant anti-immigrant commentary by the White House and its British surrogates, nor self-serving advice from Jerusalem. 
Return of the new Middle East: What happens to the heads of the security forces upon retiring? (Prof. Arieh Eldad, Maariv) Like his colleagues who starred in the documentary film, ‘The Gatekeepers,’ this week it turned out that former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, also lived his life mistakenly and did not correctly identify the enemy. Instead of love, he made war. 
Netanyahu's government partners turn on him in opposition to early elections (Yossi Verter, Haaretz+) Israel has been taken hostage by a leader who looks, sounds and behaves like he's lost his mind; can opposition leader Isaac Herzog cobble together an alternative coalition? 
Netanyahu's tales: Is there anyone in the Likud who believes the prime minister? (Kalman Libeskind, Maariv) Everything that the Prime Minister is going through regarding the Public Broadcasting Corporation seems as if it were from another department. But the bigger problem is the lies, and it's really hard to live with them. 
Hamas Faces Dilemma After Accusing Israel of Killing Top Militant in Gaza (Jack Khoury, Haaretz+) Launching renewed hostilities against Israel now would derail plans for the group in the Gaza Strip. 
The Gaza Strip: They want revenge, but the6 are afraid of an all-out confrontation (Yossi Melman, Maariv) Official Israel remains silent about whether it was responsible for the assassination of the senior Hamas member. But if it really does succeed in assassinating Hamas commanders or Hamas experts without leaving fingerprints, it means Israel is adopting a more aggressive approach than we have seen until now. 
Despite rhetoric, Israel shows restraint against Hamas in Gaza (Amos Harel, Haaretz+) It's hardline Salafist groups, not Hamas, that have been firing rockets at Israel ■ the Salafists, that have been luring Hamas members to their ranks, seek to show the enclave's leaders that they can drag them to war with Israel. 
Bomb threat suspect’s identity embarrassing for Jews, but ultimately a relief (Allison Kaplan Sommer, Haaretz+) It may be a blow to Jewish pride and a political black eye to those who blamed the Trump camp for the JCC threats, but this means that a fearful Jewish community can finally exhale.