Ben Gvir Against the Court: 'It Sided with the Terrorists'

The Jerusalem District Court issued a temporary order freezing the start of work on the crocodile moat around the security wing of Ketziot Prison, after ruling that the petitioners' claims warrant examination. Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attacked the decision, said the judicial system is siding with the terrorists and harming deterrence, and promised to advance the move after the elections without compromise.

The Jerusalem District Court, through Judge Avraham Rubin, issued a temporary order freezing the start of work on the crocodile moat around the security wing of Ketziot Prison. The judge ruled that the petitioners' claims regarding the expected harm to detention conditions warrant examination, and therefore ordered the freezing of the works and the submission of responses to the request for an interim order. National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir attacked the decision and said: "Again, during wartime – the judicial system sides with the terrorists and thwarts important steps for Israeli deterrence." He added that "the terrorists are shaking from the arrival of the crocodiles," and that cleaning the "corrupt" judicial system is the most critical thing after the elections. The works to build the moat, about 180 meters long, began last Wednesday as part of the "crocodile prison" pilot. The project became possible after Environmental Protection Minister Idit Silman declared the Nile crocodile a "cultivated wild animal," and the National Security Ministry allocated a budget of about 21 million shekels.

Ben Gvir Against the Court: 'It Sided with the Terrorists'