On 10 January 2019, plain-clothed Israeli police arrived at Dr. Karim
Hussein’s home in Jabal al-Mukabber, East Jerusalem. They demanded he
hand over security camera footage, even though they had explicitly
arranged to collect it the next day from his brother’s home. The
officers insisted on coming inside, despite refusing to present a search
warrant. A confrontation ensued between the police and other family
members who arrived on the scene and thought that civilians were
assaulting their relatives. One officer beat Dr. Hussein on the head and
he lost consciousness. This incident is but another example of the
violent, arbitrary police conduct that has long since become part of the
daily life in East Jerusalem.