Monday, July 27, 2026, 13:58 A resident of Itamar who has spent the past six months under administrative house arrest at his parents’ home has received a new administrative order requiring him to remain there for another six months. The order was signed by Central Command Chief Major General Avi Bluth. The resident and his parents endured repeated police harassment during the previous period of house arrest. As a result, the parents have explicitly objected to the extension.
When officers delivered the new order, the resident told them he could not comply because his parents refused to host him, citing the severe distress the earlier house arrest had caused the family. He pointed out that the order effectively required him to trespass in his parents’ home. The officers replied that he must obey the order even if it meant violating the law against trespassing.
Unsatisfied with this response, the resident went to the Ariel Police Station on Sunday night, protested outside, and demanded that the order be canceled. He was arrested and is due to appear in court this morning (Monday). He is represented by Honenu Attorney Nati Rom.
In a video he filmed (see below), the resident criticized Major General Bluth’s use of administrative orders: “Today Avi Bluth sent Yehuda and Shomron District Central Unit detectives to deliver an administrative house-arrest order. My parents sent him a letter making it clear that, because of the persecution against me that has badly harmed our family, they do not want me under house arrest in their home. As an Israeli citizen I am bound by the law — I cannot break into a house or trespass. We will demand a court hearing and an end to these house arrests. It is unacceptable that in the State of Israel Arabs murder Jews and nothing is done, while a few Jews with sidelocks are hounded by the Shabak (GSS).”
Approximately one month earlier, an officer from the Ariel Police Station arrived at the family’s home on Shabbat and demanded to check whether the resident was present. The officer did not have the required warrant. The family refused entry, arguing that the officer had unnecessarily desecrated the Sabbath and lacked legal authorization to enter. The officer forced his way in, broke the door of the room where the resident was staying, and threatened him and his family.
Attorney Rom stated: “It is unacceptable that the Major General decides on his own initiative to force a family that has done nothing wrong, is not suspected of any offense, and includes young infants, to endure months of frequent police visits that severely disrupt their daily lives — without consultation and without seeking the family’s consent for their son to be held under house arrest in their home. We will continue to fight violations of human rights in Yehuda and Shomron.”
Video courtesy of the Itamar resident