Deadly Exchange Report—Israel’s Training of U.S. Police

A report by Researching the American-Israeli Alliance in partnership with Jewish Voice for Peace | September 2018

Deadly Exchange: The Dangerous Consequences of American Law Enforcement Trainings in Israel documents how police training programs contradict the heroic efforts of the civil rights movements in the U.S. to counter racist state violence – including counter-terrorism initiatives – in black, brown and poor communities.

Participants were schooled in Israeli military approaches to intelligence gathering, border security, checkpoints, and coordination with the media, and met with high-ranking officials in the Israeli police and military, the Shin Bet, and the Ministry of Defense. Since then, US law enforcement exchange programs with Israel have become standard, with hundreds of American law enforcement officials from across the country going to Israel for train- ings, and thousands more participating in security conferences and workshops with Israeli personnel in the United States.