Court Allows Detainee Temporary Leave for Sister's Wedding

A Jerusalem District Court judge has granted Tal Yinon Dardik a temporary release from detention to attend his sister's wedding this week near Jerusalem. Dardik is currently in detention as part of his protest against an administrative order issued against him. The decision came after the police initially opposed the request and a lower court had rejected it.

Judge Elad Parski accepted an appeal filed by the Honenu organization, which represents Dardik. The court ruled that Dardik could leave detention for a few hours to participate in the wedding. The groom is an Armored Corps fighter who was injured in battles on October 7th in the Kissufim area of the Gaza envelope.

Dardik had requested to be released on bail for a few hours to attend the wedding. However, the police's Judea and Samaria district prosecution opposed the request, leading the Magistrate's Court to reject it without a hearing.

Honenu filed an urgent appeal, and the District Court overturned the decision. Attorney Moshe Polsky, representing Dardik, stated, "The court understood that this is a humanitarian case." He added, "Tal Yinon continues his protest against administrative orders. He refuses to accept the situation where in a democratic country, draconian administrative orders are issued against citizens. This is his non-violent struggle, his declarative struggle, in the hope of bringing about the cancellation of the illegitimate tool of administrative orders."

Dardik's detention stems from his opposition to an administrative order issued by the Commander of the Central Region, Avi Bluth. This order restricts him from the West Bank and requires him to report daily to a police station in Modi'in Illit. Dardik has declared he will not comply with the order as part of his protest against the use of administrative orders against settlers in the West Bank, choosing to remain in detention rather than adhere to its terms.