The District Court in Lod rejected the appeal filed by Honenu and in an unprecedented decision ruled that despite the fact that entry to Kever Yehoshua is permitted to Israeli citizens, because Arabs from the nearby village endanger the lives of Israelis entering the site, entry to the hostile area without prior coordination with the IDF constitutes a criminal violation.
On Thursday, 28 Menachem Av, Judge Zahava Bustan of the Central District Court in Lod rejected the appeal filed by Honenu Attorney Chai Haber on the distancing of 13 Jews who attempted to daven at the kever, near Ariel in the Shomron on 25 Menachem Av and were assaulted by Arabs from the village of Kifl Hares (Timnat Hares), in which the tomb is located.
Haber claimed that the group of mispallalim who have been distanced by the Petah Tikva Magistrate Court from Yehuda and Shomron for 60 days, did not carry out any violation because entry to the village by Israeli citizens is permitted by law. In his opinion there is absolutely no basis to accusing them of being a “public nuisance” because the law stipulates that a forbidden act be carried out, and there is no disagreement that entry to Kifl Hares is permitted to Jews.
(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)
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Its not unreasonable for the security forces, who are stretched very thin and risk their lives every day to protect against the terrorists, to require some prior coordination for travel to areas where there are security risks. Those who purposely put themselves and the security forces at risk deserve to be criminally prosecuted.