She is to be investigated on suspicion of inciting soldiers to refuse orders to evict Jews from their homes. If charged and convicted, she faces up to five years in jail. A one-year sentence can be imposed for inciting to disobey orders.
Referring to previous criminal investigations against the prime minister and recent questioning of his two sons concerning possible fraud and corruption, she said Mazuz "sees to it that the prime minister doesn't stand trial."
Mazuz has ordered a police investigation into two of the leading proponents of refusal, Weiss, and Noam Livnat, a rabbi and teacher from Elon Moreh who has been spearheading a campaign to gather signatures of soldiers to pledge to refuse to carry out the disengagement. Weiss said this week, "It is forbidden for a 'Hebrew soldier' to carry out orders to expel another Jew from his home in the Land of Israel."
A similar call several weeks ago by former Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira, who passed his 90th birthday a number of years ago, was briefly considered for possible police investigation, but Mazuz decided to let it lie.
Livnat, the brother of Education Minister Limor Livnat, said this morning, "I'm simply calling for people to follow the law and not to carry out blatantly illegal orders."
The police probe of the opponents of the government plan to destroy 25 Jewish communities is the first of its kind since Prime Minister Sharon announced the idea last year.
Sha'ul Yahalom, one of the more moderate MKs of the National Religious Party, came out against refusal today, but not only out of concern for the army. "The refusers are causing great damage to the entire religious-Zionist enterprise," Yahalom said, "and to the country in general. A united army is the basis for our existence [as a country]. Refusing will endanger the great advances that have occurred in recent years in terms of the religious Zionist public's integration in the army and the country."
Referring to previous criminal investigations against the prime minister and recent questioning of his two sons concerning possible fraud and corruption, she said Mazuz "sees to it that the prime minister doesn't stand trial."
Mazuz has ordered a police investigation into two of the leading proponents of refusal, Weiss, and Noam Livnat, a rabbi and teacher from Elon Moreh who has been spearheading a campaign to gather signatures of soldiers to pledge to refuse to carry out the disengagement. Weiss said this week, "It is forbidden for a 'Hebrew soldier' to carry out orders to expel another Jew from his home in the Land of Israel."
A similar call several weeks ago by former Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapira, who passed his 90th birthday a number of years ago, was briefly considered for possible police investigation, but Mazuz decided to let it lie.
Livnat, the brother of Education Minister Limor Livnat, said this morning, "I'm simply calling for people to follow the law and not to carry out blatantly illegal orders."
The police probe of the opponents of the government plan to destroy 25 Jewish communities is the first of its kind since Prime Minister Sharon announced the idea last year.
Sha'ul Yahalom, one of the more moderate MKs of the National Religious Party, came out against refusal today, but not only out of concern for the army. "The refusers are causing great damage to the entire religious-Zionist enterprise," Yahalom said, "and to the country in general. A united army is the basis for our existence [as a country]. Refusing will endanger the great advances that have occurred in recent years in terms of the religious Zionist public's integration in the army and the country."