Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth, head of IDF Central Command, rejected a settler's request to leave administrative house arrest to celebrate his sister's bat mitzvah, citing security concerns. Honenu attorney Adi Kedar criticized the decision as baseless harassment of settlers, according to the organization.
A settler under an administrative house arrest order in Hebron requested permission from IDF Central Command to attend his sister's bat mitzvah celebration, but Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth refused the request, citing security concerns, according to the Honenu organization. Attorney Adi Kedar, representing the settler, criticized the decision as unjustified harassment, saying 'there is no logic or justification for refusing such a basic and simple request.' The house arrest order requires the settler to stay at his grandparents' home in Hebron for six months, without their prior consent, despite their elderly status and medical needs.
This is the latest in a series of similar incidents. As The Zioneer reported on June 14, the IDF Central Command permitted a settler under house arrest eight hours leave for his engagement party — a decision also criticized by Kedar as too restrictive. On June 16, the desk reported another unusual six-month house arrest order placed on a settler at his deaf and blind mother-in-law's home. Kedar has described these measures as a pattern of 'harassment of settlers' by the security establishment, urging the Shin Bet to distinguish between enemies and friends. The current incident echoes that pattern, with the military command refusing a family celebration under similar administrative restrictions.
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