Sunday, August 9, 2026, 12:01 Jerusalem District Court Judge Avraham Rubin rejected the appeal filed by Central Command Chief Major General Avi Bluth through the State Attorney’s office. Judge Rubin ruled that the decision of the Yehuda and Shomron Military Court of Appeals will stand. The earlier ruling found Major General Bluth’s administrative order against Tal Yinon Dardik unenforceable and void. Dardik is currently detained at the Russian Compound and has been on a hunger strike for 34 days in protest of the administrative order.
Following the court’s decision, Honenu Attorney Moshe Poleski, who is representing Dardik, began working toward his immediate release. The appeal was filed contrary to the position of Defense Minister Yisrael Katz, who had ordered the cancellation of the administrative order against Dardik. Major General Bluth’s decision to file the appeal sparked widespread public outrage.
Attorney Poleski stated: “We welcome the District Court’s decision to reject Major General Bluth’s appeal. The Major General essentially placed Dardik in detention for over a month when it was clear to everyone that the order was unenforceable, illegal, and invalid. All the legal maneuvers attempted by Major General Bluth or those acting on his behalf have failed. In the end, two levels of the court system ruled that the order is invalid. We expect and request that the Commander of the Central Command and the Shabak conduct a thorough internal review of their conduct in this difficult situation.”
Honenu Attorney Moshe Poleski speaking before the August 6 hearing (Hebrew);
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