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Israel Police Remove Rapper Yoav Eliasi as Volunteer Commander

8/17/2026

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Israel police removed rapper Yoav Eliasi (“The Shadow”) from his volunteer commander role on Sunday.
Police Commissioner Danny Levy had decided the removal before the investigation opened.
On August 5, Eliasi was questioned under caution for breach of trust and barred for one week.
Recordings show Eliasi claiming he could protect a nightclub and describing officer Menashe Mansour as “a friend like a brother.”

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Israel police removed rapper Yoav Eliasi (“The Shadow”) from his volunteer commander role on Sunday.
Police Commissioner Danny Levy had decided the removal before the investigation opened.
On August 5, Eliasi was questioned under caution for breach of trust and barred for one week.
Recordings show Eliasi claiming he could protect a nightclub and describing officer Menashe Mansour as “a friend like a brother.”