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A 17 year-old boy was arrested in Jerusalem on Tuesday night on conspiracy of committing a crime - all because he chose to wear the wrong outerwear. 

The teen was wearing a neck warmer, or ham tzavar on the chilly night, a common winter accessory for Israelis which is also typically given as part of the IDF standard issue uniform. 

However, police arrested the teen after he ran from police, who chased after him after he was spotted loitering with four friends near the Kiryat Moshe light rail station at roughly 11:00 pm. 

On Wednesday, police sought to extend the teen's detention for three days, while the main arguments are that the boy was wearing a "ham tzavar" and that he has a past history of being accused of alleged involvement in three attacks on Arabs in the past month.

Attorney David Halevi, who represented the boy on behalf of rights group Honenu, argued at the hearing that with all due respect to the police, wearing a neck warmer is not grounds for arrest - regardless of previous allegations.

Judge Joya Saqifa Shapiro accepted Halevi's objections rejected requests to extend the detention, but did ban the teen from Kiryat Moshe for 15 days.

"Once again we recommend the police to work against Arab terrorism rampant throughout Jerusalem instead of dealing repeatedly with the harassment and false arrests of youths with sidelocks and a skullcap," Honenu added after the trial.