Some American anti-police activists want to shut down US-Israel police exchanges. Another article included photos showing Israeli soldiers kneeling on the necks of Palestinian suspects in a way that mirrored former officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on Floyd. One Palestinian in Minneapolis told the outlet that the tear gas used against the protesters in the city reminded him of Palestine. The London-based news outlet Middle East Eye ran several articles comparing US police’s actions in Minneapolis to Israeli security forces’ against the Palestinians. The assertions that Israeli tactics might have influenced US police behavior arose after Floyd, a Black man, died following his arrest by Minneapolis police officers. Thousands of US police have participated in such programs in both countries and Israeli police have also come to the United States to learn. Police brutality was an issue in the United States long before the exchanges began, including during the civil rights marches of the 1960s when the authorities used powerful water hoses to disperse Black protesters. 11, 2001, attacks when US police sought Israeli expertise in counterterrorism. Trainings and exchanges involving US and Israeli police accelerated after the Sept. Participants in US-Israel police programs agree with Perry that the focus of exchange programs is on counterterrorism and exchanging ideas on best practices - not riot control and chokeholds. We paid with a lot of blood in these lessons and it’s very frustrating that we’re being accused of something.” “‘Don’t overreact.’ That’s the one rule we preach here. “You hear all this BDS nonsense - it’s really insulting,” Perry told Al-Monitor. He blames the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which supports a variety of boycotts of Israel, for its policies spreading misinformation in Israel's security relationship with the United States. Simon Perry, a professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and a 30-year veteran of Israeli law enforcement who has been involved in US-Israel police exchanges, said he and other experts focused on counterterrorism. But the allegations gained some traction on the left and that has produced a strong counter-reaction from police. The idea that long-standing concerns about systemic racism and controversial US police practices could be linked to Israeli training programs is questionable.
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They allege that Israeli security forces taught US police how to put down protests and use chokeholds. Since George Floyd's death in Minneapolis in May, media outlets and pro-Palestine organizations have sought to connect controversial restraint, crowd control and other tactics utilized by US police to Israel. Black Lives Matter protests and some far-left and anti-Israel groups are calling for an end to police training exchanges between US and Israeli police, prompting participants in such programs to speak out.
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