After government dropped plan to release Talmud Torahs from lockdown, interior minister said to have informed ultra-Orthodox leaders that at one point PM would have let them open

Police officer who was present amid bloody violence at Givat Ze'ev scene says cops were target of a 'pogrom,' counters claims of brutality

Outcry as police filmed leading bloody, dazed brother of the bride out of Givat Ze'ev event amid screams and cries of family and guests; police say officers were attacked first

Defense chief talks with public security minister and acting police chief, calls for more police to be deployed to protect demonstrators, enforce lockdown rules

Hundreds pack Tel Aviv square; police warn demonstrators not to gather en masse, saying it would be a breach of lockdown rules

Motti Cohen says force will not 'turn a blind eye' to those who violate the law; protest movements accuse police of being political tool of government

Rejecting criticism of Supreme Court chief justice, Mandelblit says investigation would have 'a very low chance of yielding a result' and would impinge on suspects' privacy

'Police must enforce the law,' Netanyahu ally Ohana says a day after demonstrators blocked roads and scuffled with police; protesters insist their march was legal

Soldiers have reinforcing police at checkpoints during lockdown, leading to some public anger over involving military in policing demonstrations

Motti Cohen, acting commissioner since December 2018, will stay on, along with acting prison chief, as no end foreseen to political infighting hampering police appointments