The Haifa Magistrates Court ordered the city's Azad restaurant to 15,000 shekels compensation and 2,000 shekels in legal fees to sailor Raviv Roth, Thursday, for its refusal to serve him or let him in because he was in uniform in Februrary 2010. The restaurant has since closed.
The court ruled that soldiers in military uniform were not on the list of case in which a restaurant was allowed to refuse service. Additionally, the restaurant did not post a "no-uniform" policy. The judge noted that it was not the individual who was barred, rather the uniform representing the Israel Defense Forces, and said that it was a question of tolerance.