Social media figure David Mordechai was arrested and ordered to five days of house arrest after blocking journalists Lucy Aharish and Tzachi Halevy outside the courthouse this morning, according to a report by Daniel Amram.
Social media personality David Mordechai was arrested this morning outside a courthouse and ordered to five days of house arrest after blocking journalists Lucy Aharish and Tzachi Halevy from entering, according to journalist Daniel Amram's report. Amram's post did not specify the courthouse or the context of the hearing. The arrest followed a separate incident earlier in the day: as The Zioneer reported at Mon 13:12 Jerusalem, Mordechai had been detained again for questioning after blocking Aharish and Halevy — the same two journalists — outside a courthouse. At that point, the case had already evolved from a reported road confrontation with former soccer star Eyal Berkovic into a broader legal entanglement involving multiple incidents.
The thread began Monday at Mon 13:12 Jerusalem, when police sources told The Zioneer that Berkovic was being questioned over an alleged hit-and-run following a confrontation with driver Mordechai David (version 1). Minutes later, at the same timestamp, journalist Milen Amar identified the other driver as Mordechai David and reported Berkovic was at Glilot station (version 2). Still at Mon 13:12, The Zioneer reported that Berkovic was being questioned under caution, and that Mordechai David was detained again for blocking Aharish and Halevy outside a courthouse (version 3). At Mon 13:12 Jerusalem, Mordechai's attorney Yaniv Yam Peretz announced his client was released to five days of house arrest over the road confrontation (version 4). The current arrest — also resulting in five days of house arrest — is for the courthouse-blocking incident, which is a separate matter.
As The Zioneer reported on Mon 16:55 Jerusalem (background), Mordechai's attorney criticized the house-arrest decision over the road confrontation, saying he would appeal and noting that similar detention was not imposed during past protests.
It remains unclear which courthouse was involved in the blocking incident, what hearing was taking place, or whether the latest arrest and the earlier questioning for the same act are the same legal proceeding.
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