A-G okays detention without trial for 3 Jewish extremists

Following consultations, Attorney General Yehuda Weinsten has given his approval for security forces to hold three suspected Jewish extremists without trial in the wake of the Duma firebombing, Channel 2 reports.

Security forces had initially requested that the measure, known as administrative detention, be applied to four suspects, the report says.

Administrative detention has never been used against Israeli citizens, the report notes, although it is currently being wielded in the case of hundreds of Palestinian suspects, who can be held without trial for renewable periods of six months.

Before the measure can be applied to Israeli suspects, the defense minister must lend his case-by-case approval.