Legal Forum Condemns Restraining Order Banning Yitzhar Resident from his Community (4.15.2010)

JERUSALEM, April 15, 2010 - The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel condemned the restraining order against Elchanan Gruner from his home community of Yitzhar, in Samaria, on Tuesday morning, April 13 issued by the Central District's Commanding Officer

Legal Forum Attorney Itzhak Bam said that "the restraining orders issued are a serious and intolerable violation of human rights, based solely on the Military Commander's arbitrary decisions and lacking any legal basis."

"If there is any proof of Mr. Gruner committing a crime, he should be tried in a court of law, and not arbitrarily denied basic human rights," Bam said.