MK Uri Ariel (National Union) had harsh words Friday for Defense Minister Ehud Barak's latest decision to prevent yet another Jew from living in his home. Around 2 a.m., police detectives arrived at the controversial Beit HaShalom (Peace House) in Hevron, and served Yaron Kilav with papers banning him from anywhere in Judea and Samaria for the next three months.
MK Ariel, and others, accuse Barak - head of the foundering Labor Party - of politicking on the backs of innocent citizens as the national elections draw near. Referring to the law under which Kilav was banned, Ariel said, "Five such orders in two months are not what the Knesset meant by 'exceptional situations.'" He added, "State bodies, such as the police and the IDF, must not become pawns in Barak's game, nor may they be part of his last-gasp political needs."