Forensic Architecture

Israeli Border Police officers fired six bullets in two seconds at Ahmad Erekat, after his car veered into the Container checkpoint, June 23, 2020. (Forensic Architecture)

PODCAST: Reconstructing the fatal shooting of Ahmad Erekat

A forensic investigation casts doubt on the Israeli police’s story of a car crash at a West Bank checkpoint that led to the killing of a Palestinian man.

By Henriette Chacar February 26, 2021

An Israeli Border Police officer gives a thumbs up next to the body of Ahmed Erekat. (Forensic Architecture investigation)

WATCH: Forensic analysis undermines Israeli police narrative of checkpoint killing

Border Police shot dead Ahmad Erekat after his car crashed into a checkpoint, labeling him a 'terrorist.' A forensic investigation raises questions about the police's story and conduct.

By Oren Ziv February 23, 2021

The funeral of Yacoub Abu Al-Qi'an in Umm al-Hiran, January 24, 2017. (Activesitlls.org)

New evidence reveals Bedouin citizen was left to die after police shooting

High Court petition shows Israeli police did nothing to save Yacoub Abu al-Qi'an's life or to quell accusations that he was a 'terrorist' during a 2017 demolition raid.

By Oren Ziv February 23, 2020

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Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh at the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran in southern Israel, after being hit in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet on January 18, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Police botched investigation into shooting of Arab MK, report finds

Human rights group demands Israel Police reopen its case into the 2017 shooting of Joint List Chairman Ayman Odeh in the head with a sponge-tipped bullet after finding the initial investigation was ‘negligent.’ The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel is appealing Israel Police’s investigation of its officers’ conduct during a home demolition in the unrecognized Bedouin village of Umm…

By Oren Ziv October 25, 2019

Mourners carry the bodies of Palestinian teens Luai Kahil and Amir al-Nimra, during their funeral in Gaza City on July 15, 2018. (Wissam Nassar/Flash90)

IDF edited out key footage of deadly Gaza missile strike, researchers say

The Israeli military published drone footage of its air force bombing a seemingly empty building in Gaza. It left out the part where one of its missiles killed two teens sitting on the roof, independent investigators find. The Israeli army edited out key footage of a missile strike that killed two Palestinian teenagers sitting on…

By Oren Ziv December 20, 2018

Thousands hold a funeral for Yacoub Abu al-Qi'an in the Bedouin village of Umm al-Hiran. Abu al-Qi'an was shot dead by police as security forces demolished homes in the village, January 24, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

State closes case on officers who killed Bedouin man in Umm al-Hiran

State attorney rules the police who shot and killed Yacob al-Qi’an in January 2017 did not commit a crime, says no conclusive evidence incident was a terror attack. By +972 Magazine Staff Israel’s State Attorney Shai Nitzan ruled Tuesday that the police officers who shot to death Yaqub Musa Abu al-Qi’an in the unrecognized Bedouin…

By +972 Magazine May 1, 2018

Siam Nuwara, the father of Nadeem Siam Nuwara, mourns over his son before his funeral procession in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 16, 2014. (Yotam Ronen/Activestills.org)

Even forensics can’t stop Palestinian teen’s killer walking free

Nadeem Nuwara and Mohammad Mahmoud Odeh Salameh Abu Daher were shot dead by Israeli Border Police officers during a 2014 protest. Forensic evidence didn’t stop the Israeli authorities from failing to adequately prosecute the killings. On Sunday, May 28, I spent the morning with Siam Nawara, the father of a 17-year-old Palestinian boy shot dead by Israeli…

By Brad Parker June 4, 2017

Israeli police run toward the Bedouin village of Umm el-Hiran, January 18, 2017. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Reconstruction of Umm al-Hiran killings disproves car-ramming claims

An investigative team led by Forensic Architecture and Activestills proves, through a reenactment and visual analyses of footage of the incident, that the deaths of a Bedouin teacher and an Israeli policeman in Umm al-Hiran in January were not the result of a car-ramming attack. By Yael Marom The results of a police investigation into…

By +972 Magazine May 17, 2017

Screenshot of Al Jazeera footage showing that Yaqub Abu al-Qi’an was driving with his headlights on when police shot him.

Video contradicts more police claims in Umm el-Hiran killing

Police said Yaqub al-Qi’an’s headlights were switched off when police officers shot at his car. A video analysis by Forensic Architecture and Activestills appears to disprove that claim. By John Brown* Israeli police’s official version of the events that led to the death of two people — a Bedouin citizen of Israel and a police…

By +972 Magazine February 1, 2017

A still from a visual analysis of an incident in Umm el-Hiran which left a Bedouin man and an Israeli police officer dead, January 18, 2017. (Forensic Architecture/Activestills)

WATCH: Visual analysis undermines police version of events in Umm el-Hiran

A visual investigation of footage recorded in Umm el-Hiran during an incident that left a Bedouin man and an Israeli police officer dead shows that, contrary to police claims, Israeli forces opened fire on the vehicle before it sped up. Video by Forensic Architecture / Activestills, text by Natasha Roth A visual and aural investigation…

By Activestills January 19, 2017