MK (Ichud HaLeumi) Prof. Aryeh Eldad, a member of the transition Knesset Foreign Affairs & Defense Committee, is demanding the committee address last week’s police raid on the unauthorized Shomron outpost Gilad Farm, in which police disguised themselves as Arabs, provoking an incident which led to arrests.

Kfar Saba Magistrate’s Court Justice David Gadol ruled that the actions of police were “provocative”, leading to the residents of the outpost to begin throwing rocks at them. The court admonished the unacceptable behavior of police, who tried to entrap the residents of the outpost.

The court also agreed with the defense counsel, who stated the move by police, disguising themselves as Arabs and driving a vehicle with PA (Palestinian Authority) license plates placed themselves in unjustifiable danger following the recent fatal terror attack in the Jordan Valley in which two policemen were murdered. The ‘Arabs’ tried entering the outpost, stating they needed to repair a flat tire but the vehicle’s tires were all fine.

The court released the defendants and harshly criticized the tactics of police, adding the actions placed innocent lives in danger.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)