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What's in a name? Anti-pullout protesters refuse to be identified
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Demonstrators blocked roads last week to protest Gaza plan
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Dozens of minors, arrested for blocking roads last week to protest pullout plan, are refusing to identify themselves to police

PETAH TIKVA – Dozens of teenagers arrested during last week's countrywide demonstration against the Gaza pullout plan have refused to identify themselves and have continuously switched clothes and kippas in a bid to confuse investigators, the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said on Thursday.

 

Prior to the demonstration, protestors were given "arrest kits" featuring, among other things, instructions on how to behave once arrrested.

 

“Change your kippas, chance your shirts, change your bags and any detail that identifies you – everything to make it harder for the police and the courts to charge and convict you,” said the instructions.

 

Officers arrested hundreds of protestors during the demonstration, but released most of them days later. About 77 minors remain in detention because they refuse to disclose their identification numbers or give details about themselves. Settler leaders have advised them told them not to accept public defense because they’re minors.

 

Read Ynetnews opinions about the demonstration

 

Israel has allocated four court halls for trials of settlers who will be arrested for resisting the evacuation violently and has established two temporary detention centers in the south to house them during the pullout, set to begin in August.

 

A few females detained who have refused to identify themselves have asked to be allowed to light bonfires within the prison complex for the holiday of Lag Baomer, which begins Thursday night. The judge rejected the request and refused to release them because they have not filed their personal information with the court.

 

Two other girls eventually agreed to be identified in order to be allowed to take a nation-wide matriculation exam in prison, which is allowed by law.

 

During a court discussion of case regarding some of the protesters, dozens of teenage girls raided the hall and blew whistles and shouted through loudspeakers, prompting 12 cops to usher them out

 


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