Court hears police request to bar 3 anti-Netanyahu protesters from Jerusalem

The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court is hearing police’s request that three protesters arrested yesterday during a protest outside Prime Minister Netanyahu’s residence be released under conditions.

The three, including former air force brig. gen. (res.) Amir Haskel, have remained in custody after police said they refused to a conditional release.

During the hearing, a police representative says a temporary restraining order barring them from Jerusalem is the minimal condition to justify their release, according to the Ynet news site.

“I’m having difficulty with this assertion,” Hebrew media quotes the judge as saying. “This is in fact silencing [them].”