Jewish right-wing extremist Meir Ettinger, the first Israeli Jew to be arrested under administrative detention, has been ordered to be kept in prison for another six month by a Lod court, Israel Radio reports.
Ettinger, a grandson of slain Jewish extremist Meir Kahane, was the first to be arrested under a crackdown on Jewish terror in the wake of the fatal firebombing of a Palestinian family in the village of Duma in late July.
Illustrative: Meir Ettinger, grandson of Rabbi Meir Kahane, seen at Nazareth Magistrate’s court August 04, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)
The prosecution says Ettinger stands at the head of a group of Jewish extremists in the West Bank responsible for a number of hate crimes, including arsons at the Church of the Multiplication in northern Israel and Dormition Abbey in Jerusalem.
Administrative detention, a controversial measure which allows Israel to hold terror suspects for periods of six months or more without formally charging them, was extended to Jewish suspects in the wake of the firebombing attack.
No suspects have yet been charged in that incident, which left three members of one family dead, including an 18-month-old baby.
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