Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed that the administrative removal order against Tal Yanon Dredik not be renewed, and that the matter be handled through alternative means.
Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed Tuesday afternoon that the administrative removal order against Tal Yanon Dredik not be renewed, opting instead to address the matter through alternative security and legal measures. The instruction, announced around 13:00 Jerusalem, followed the military appeals committee's cancellation of the original order due to procedural flaws, as The Zioneer reported. Shortly afterward, at 13:43, the Honenu organization said it is arranging Dredik's release from administrative detention.
The case has developed rapidly. The original administrative restriction order was issued by IDF Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Blot. Katz visited Dredik in prison on Friday, and earlier reports indicated the defense minister overruled the IDF and Shin Bet position. The appeals committee cited procedural flaws in its cancellation. Honenu, which represents Dredik, accused Maj. Gen. Blot of issuing an 'unfeasible and unlawful' order and called on him to 'fight the enemy' instead of targeting fellow Jews.
The decision comes amid pressure from coalition lawmakers. As The Zioneer reported on Sunday, 13 MKs and ministers from Likud, Religious Zionism, and Otzma Yehudit urged Katz to cancel administrative orders against Jewish residents of Judea and Samaria and to release Dredik, who was on hunger strike. The move is part of a broader pattern of Katz's interventions against the use of administrative orders against Israeli residents in Judea and Samaria, as The Zioneer reported in the context of his Monday night security assessment.
It remains unclear what alternative measures Katz intends to pursue. According to initial reports citing Army Radio, Dredik is suspected by security forces of involvement in a violent assault on Palestinians in the northern Jordan Valley, including sexual abuse. The legal status of the case going forward has not been clarified.
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