Gadi Eisenkot: Halting administrative detention ‘a grave and dangerous mistake’

22 November 2024, 12:37 pm

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National Unity MK Gadi Eisenkot attends a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset on July 31, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

MK Gadi Eisenkot, a former IDF chief of staff, criticizes the defense minister’s decision to cease the use of administrative detention orders against Jewish settlers, calling it “a grave and dangerous mistake.”

“This is another step toward a severe escalation in Judea and Samaria, for which we will all pay the price,” Eizenkot warns.

“The goal of such orders is not law-abiding Jewish citizens but extremist terror elements who tarnish and endanger us as a society,” he says. “This step joins other deliberate measures that harm the IDF’s ability to fulfill its role as the sovereign authority responsible for the safety and security of residents.”