The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel Requests the Closure of Areas to Prevent Anarchists Activities (6.02.09)

In its battle against foreign anarchist activists, Legal Forum for the Land of Israel requested IDF Major General Gadi Shamni of the GOC Central Command to close the areas of Nahalin and Bi’lin to prevent demonstrations against Israel’s security barrier which have lead to physical harm and even death.

According to the Legal Forum, pro-Palestinian groups like the International Solidarity Movement, incite local Arabs and participate in lawless demonstrations and interfere with IDF activities.

The Legal Forum, which has previously requested Interior Minister Eli Yishai to ban foreign anarchists activists as is done in other democratic countries like Great Britain, turned to Major General Shamni because Shamni is dealing with a similar situation with the group MachsomWatch (literally, “check point watch”). In response to the group’s interference with IDF operations Shamni closed off certain areas as “closed military areas.”

For an english translation of the Legal Forum's request click here.