Attorney Naftali Wurtzburger, representing the citizens who were charged with violent behavior during the dismantling of the Gilad Farm last October, has asked Attorney-General Elyakim Rubinstein to drop all the charges against them.
Wurtzburger says that the fact that the police were not wearing their ID tags during the incident renders their activities at the site less than legal. The decision by the police department, publicized yesterday, to reprimand Police Commander Shachar Ayalon for ordering his men not to wear their ID tags is further proof of the illegality of these actions, Wurtzberger explains. For this reason, he says, the citizens cannot be charged with interfering with the police in the "line of duty."
Aviad Visuly of Haifa, whose complaint about this matter led to the decision to reprimand Ayalon, similarly told Arutz-7 this morning that the arrests of the citizens must be considered invalid.
Wurtzburger says that the fact that the police were not wearing their ID tags during the incident renders their activities at the site less than legal. The decision by the police department, publicized yesterday, to reprimand Police Commander Shachar Ayalon for ordering his men not to wear their ID tags is further proof of the illegality of these actions, Wurtzberger explains. For this reason, he says, the citizens cannot be charged with interfering with the police in the "line of duty."
Aviad Visuly of Haifa, whose complaint about this matter led to the decision to reprimand Ayalon, similarly told Arutz-7 this morning that the arrests of the citizens must be considered invalid.