The council of the Jewish community in Hevron issued a statement on Thursday evening in which it said that Public Security Minister Avi Dichter and Defense Minister Ehud Barak are "maliciously misleading the public," regarding the eviction of Jews from Peace House in Hevron. Dichter met on Thursday with top police brass, IDF officers and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) agents and said he ordered them to remove Jews from the Peace House “exactly as written” in the High Court eviction order.
According to the statement, "the High Court did not order the emptying of Peace House but deferred to the State and the decision is in the State's hands. They are lighting the flames of a conflagration and recklessly leading to a provocation, out of political motives."