The father and wife of a Land of Israel activist have received threats from the Jewish Department of the Shabak (Israel Security Agency), warning that he'd better "cease and desist."
Two months ago, Elad Meir, a resident of Haresha in the Talmonim bloc of Jewish towns in Binyamin, was detained and interrogated by the Shabak, and told to stop his nationalist, pro-Land of Israel activities. If he did not, he was told, he would be arrested.
He has not been arrested – but his father and wife have received threatening phone calls.
Meir told Arutz-7 that a few weeks ago, his father received an intimidating call from a Shabak agent. The father later said that the agent told him, 'Your son is involved and responsible for illegal acts,' though he did not elaborate. The agent threatened that if the activities did not stop, the Shabak would take very strong action against him – and against the father's ability to earn a living as well.
Just a week ago, Elad said, "My wife received a call as well. A man identified himself as 'Ron from the Shabak,' and said, 'Your husband has received several messages from us, but has not adhered to them. If this does not stop, we will take aggressive action against him.' My wife asked the agent to elaborate, and he said, 'I'm speaking very clearly. Your husband is a citizen like everyone else, and if he does not follow the law, we will take action against him as a lawbreaker, and we will act with aggressiveness.'"
Meir appears to be undaunted. "We are doing nothing illegal," he says, "and the fact is that I have not been arrested. We are engaged in protecting the Land of Israel from those who would take it from us, whether they are non-Jews or Jews. We are willing to sacrifice all for the Land of Israel. We are doing nothing to be ashamed of, but rather things that we believe in."
The secretariat of Haresha publicized this statement: "We protest the threats that were sent to Elad Meir and his family – a threat to harm his father's work and a threat to his wife that her husband would be harmed. This approach is not acceptable, and is rather reminiscent of dark periods. We hope to be privileged to see more illuminative days."
No response to Meir's report has yet been received from the Shabak.