The IDF Central Command, under Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, issued an unusual administrative house arrest order against a settler, requiring him to live for six months in the home of his deaf and elderly mother-in-law. Honenu attorney Adi Kedar, representing the settler, filed a urgent appeal criticizing what he called a decision disconnected from reality. Kedar noted that shared residence with the mother-in-law involves a halakhic prohibition against seclusion and prevents the settler—a shepherd supporting three young children—from working, while his wife is in her ninth month of pregnancy. The order was read to the settler orally by a police officer and not physically served as standard procedure, Honenu said. Central Command responded that alternative housing proposals would be examined by competent authorities.
The Honenu organization disclosed on Tuesday that the IDF Central Command issued an unusual six-month administrative house arrest order against a settler, requiring him to reside at the home of his elderly, deaf, and widowed mother-in-law. The settler, a shepherd and the sole breadwinner for three young children, is married to a woman in her ninth month of pregnancy. Honenu attorney Adi Kedar filed a urgent appeal, arguing that the residence arrangement involves a severe halakhic prohibition of seclusion (yichud) and prevents the settler from maintaining his livelihood. Kedar also noted that the order was read to the settler orally by a police officer and not physically served, deviating from standard procedure. In a brief response, the Central Command said alternative housing proposals would be examined. Honenu called the decision a 'new peak of contempt for human rights and delusion,' and said it intends to appeal the order and its conditions in court.
As The Zioneer reported on June 14, the same command previously permitted the settler eight hours outside his home—including three hours for his engagement party—under the house arrest. Attorney Kedar criticized that arrangement as well, describing the security establishment's treatment of settlers as harassment rather than focusing on threats. The current, more restrictive order escalates the terms of confinement to indefinite full-time house arrest at the mother-in-law's home, with no work or family access.
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