Court rejects Ettinger’s request for jail move

A Beersheba court denied Meir Ettinger’s request to move into a different branch of the prison where he is being held, officials announce.

Ettinger, who is being held under administrative detention, requested the move because he fears the other prisoners in his section, who are predominantly members of Palestinian terrorist organizations, a spokesperson for the court says.

However, the presiding judges note in their decision that Ettinger does not have any direct physical contact with the Palestinian prisoners and thus dismissed his request.

“But even if physical injury is being prevented, there should be an attempt to limit the contact, friction, provocation and exchange of threats as much as possible,” Judge Gad Gidon writes in his decision.

Ettinger was arrested in this summer and is being held without trial for his suspected involvement in multiple crimes, mostly against Palestinians.

— Judah Ari Gross