IDF Central Command Chief Must Justify Refusal to Release Settler Held Under Administrative Detention

First reported by Now 14 · 10 hours ago

What happened

The Jerusalem District Court ordered the release of settler Tal Yinon Dradik, ruling his administrative detention illegal. Defense Minister Israel Katz directed to stop using such orders against Jewish civilians in the West Bank, deepening tensions with IDF Central Command Chief Avi Blot, who must decide whether to appeal further or comply.

• 01Jerusalem District Court ruled settler Tal Yinon Dradik's administrative detention illegal and ordered his release.
• 02Defense Minister Israel Katz instructed to stop using administrative detention orders against Jewish civilians in the West Bank.
• 03IDF Central Command Chief Avi Blot appealed but the court rejected his appeal and canceled the detention order.
• 04Blot has until Monday 11:00 a.m. to file another appeal before Dradik's release is enforced.
• 05The settler group Honenu called the detention baseless and without evidence.
• 06The case exposes a growing rift between political leadership and military command over administrative detentions in the West Bank.

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