Tel Aviv responds to Rosh Yehudi petition: 'Event will disrupt public life'

The Tel Aviv municipality responded to the petition of the Rosh Yehudi organization against the municipality's decision to prohibit it from holding events in public spaces during Sukkot following a separate prayer service on Yom Kippur. The municipality claimed that "the petition should be dismissed as there was no flaw in its decision," in a written response to the court. "The municipality is authorized to manage the public space and exercise discretion regarding it, and as a general rule does not allow private entities to hold events that are not intended for the general public and exclude a part of the general public or if the requested use will lead to a disruption in public life, disturbances, conflicts and various frictions." (Yael Ciechanover)