Honenu Attorney Eladi Weisel; Photo credit: Honenu
Sunday, August 31, 2025, 14:10 Two weeks ago, a Yehuda and Shomron resident went to the police station to collect the keys to his car that had been impounded by the Yehuda and Shomron Police. The resident is a minor. When he arrived at the station, much to his surprise, the officers served him with a restraining order. The order was signed by Major-General Avi Bluth, and banned him from entering Yehuda and Shomron for six months. Shortly afterward, the resident noticed that the order was meant for another Yehuda and Shomron resident who has the same name. The officers had not bothered to verify the resident’s identity before serving him with the order. Honenu Attorney Eladi Weisel filed a complaint with the Yehuda and Shomron District Police on behalf of the resident.
In the letter, Attorney Weisel described the incident: “The minor arrived at the Yehuda and Shomron Police Station to collect the keys to his car. His attorney had been informed that they were at the station. At the entrance to the station, the minor presented his identification card, and he was asked to wait. After waiting for 15 minutes, police officers approached him. The minor expected to receive his keys and return home. However, he was suddenly asked to enter a side room. In the room, the officers informed him that a restraining order had been issued banning him from Yehuda and Shomron. My client, a minor and a resident of the area, was shocked. The order had far-reaching consequences for him. The officers read the order to him, filmed his receipt of the order, and then released him. A short time afterward, my client noticed that the order had not been issued to him, but rather to a man with an identical name. Therefore, the minor needlessly underwent a disturbing experience.
“This was blatantly negligent treatment on the part of the officers. They did not bother to check the identifying details before attributing the order to my client and serving him with it. As a result of that failure, the minor was humiliated by receiving a restraining order that was completely unconnected to him. He felt helpless, and was emotionally shaken for no reason.”
Attorney Weisel issued a statement sharply criticizing the use of administrative orders: “The police served my client with an administrative restraining order tearing him from the center of his life. It is extremely distressing that this was done without bothering to check the identity of the intended recipient. This oversight reflects the contempt felt toward Jewish Yehuda and Shomron residents, and the derelict use of administrative orders against them. The draconian orders are signed without admissible evidence, and violate the most fundamental rights. They are used negligently and carelessly.”