Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Crime & JusticeOr Aharon Cohen has been present at anti-government protests for two years. While police maintain that Cohen has never served with the force, they continue to allow him to carry out policing activitiesShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeYair Foldes06:44 PM • August 19 2026 IDTFor two years, police in Tel Aviv have allowed a right-wing activist wearing a police-style uniform to carry out policing-like activities at anti-government protests in Tel Aviv without taking action against him, according to footage and testimonies reviewed by Haaretz.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel protestIsrael policeIsraeli politicsTel AvivHuman rightsCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesIranLikudJared KushnerIsrael ElectionsNetanyahuAvraham BurgAnan KhalailiAIPACHaaretz PodcastPolice Allow Right-wing Activist in Uniform to Police Anti-gov't ProtestsGermany's Merz Condemns Ben-Gvir as His Allies Say Sanctions 'Long Overdue'Three Israeli Arab Parties Announce Joint Slate Ahead of Knesset ElectionA Few Good Women: Photos of Israelis Protesting the War While Most Stay SilentReport: Israel's Syria Strike Risked Direct Conflict With Turkey, Envoy SaysRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIShe's the Superstar of the Israeli Left, and She Wants PowerIsrael Police Say Missing Israeli Mother and Daughter Found in ArgentinaIDF Marks Detained Palestinians With Numbers as Northern West Bank Raids Expand'We're Not Nazis. This Isn't an Extermination Machine as During the Holocaust'So Will It Be a Problem if Miriam Adelson Flies to Israel to Vote?What the Hell Is Going on in the West Bank?