Posted on 08/02/2011 2:49:19 AM PDT by Eleutheria5
Police handed out administrative restraining orders early Tuesday morning against some residents of the Samaria Jewish community of Yitzhar. The orders were signed by Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Mizrahi.
Mizrahi has had a long running vendetta against Yitzhar, and several weeks ago called to close its yeshiva.
Mizrahi made the comments in an interview on Channel 2 News, saying that some of the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria have “centers out of which terrorist elements come,” and adding that “the yeshiva in Yitzhar has several people whose norms are not consistent with democracy and this yeshiva should be closed.”
Samaria Mayor Gershon Mesika responded angrily to the restraining orders, calling the move “an attempt to take the housing protest off the agenda.”
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