📰 Pressure on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem is growing after one of its lecturers, criminologist Michael Wolfowicz, was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and violently assaulting a Palestinian alongside eight Israeli police officers and soldiers. Leading the outcry are Palestinian students at universities across Israel, who wrote an open letter condemning the Hebrew University’s lack of action. Wolfowicz, a senior lecturer at the faculty of law’s criminology institute, was arrested on Tuesday by the Department of Internal Police Investigations. The lecturer, who denies being at the scene of the incident, which took place in August, is suspected of causing aggravated injury, while other suspects are accused of kidnapping the Palestinian, Laith Awaine, who lives near Bethlehem. 🔗Read more:
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