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Last update - 01:01 14/03/2008
Police arrest rabbi for 'inciting Palestinians' in East Jerusalem
By Meron Rapoport, Haaretz Correspondent
Tags: Elad Association 

Israel Police on Thursday arrested Arik Ascherman, the executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights, for "inciting Palestinians to oppose the police" in East Jerusalem.

Heated tensions between residents of the Silwan village in East Jerusalem and the Israel Police erupted over excavation works that have recently began in the village. The excavations are being carried out by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) and are sponsored by Elad association, which promotes the "Judaization" of East Jerusalem.

Silwan residents say the excavation work is being carried out directly underneath their homes, and have proceeded to set up a demonstration tent on a private lot belonging to one of the village residents. A few confrontations subsequently broke out, and the residents maintained that the police deliberately harassed them.
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On Wednesday another spat occurred between the local residents and settlers on behalf of Elad, and the police detained Ascherman for questioning.

The police requested that Ascherman promise to stay away from Silwan for 15 days and upon his refusal to oblige, he was arrested and will be brought in front of a judge Friday for his remand to be extended.

Ascherman's attorney on Thursday said the investigator had accused her client, a well-known human rights' activist, of encouraging Palestinians to oppose police forces, and also of preventing the evacuation of a wounded settler to hospital.

The attorney further stated that Ascherman adamantly denies the allegations.

"This is a ridiculous arrest," his attorney said. "In the past, the court has refused to adhere to police demands for issuing restraining orders against Israeli activists in Silwan."


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      1.   Rabbi Arik Ascherman and Rabbis for Human Rights. 23:52  |  Maureen Ann 13/03/08
      2.   "Rabbi?" Boy have I got a nice "Jewish" girl for you: 23:58  |  just a match-maker 13/03/08
      3.   "rabbi" 00:16  |  gary hess 14/03/08
      4.   outrageous 00:19  |  Don 14/03/08
      5.   Double talking Ascherman 00:30  |  Slibovitz 14/03/08
      6.   Good, they aren`t real Rabbis anyway 00:33  |  Efox 14/03/08
      7.   Another "Rabbi" in the leftist movement. 00:42  |  Tom 14/03/08
      8.   There are still RABBIS in Israel 00:46  |  Gila 14/03/08
      9.   Ascherman in a Hero 01:09  |  Zionist 14/03/08
      10.   Who decides who is a "human rights" activist? 01:32  |  McQueen 14/03/08
      11.   Arik, the other face of Israel 01:35  |  Ben Alofs 14/03/08
      12.   rabbi 01:39  |  danny 14/03/08
      13.   Don`t send him back here! 01:49  |  Scharker Yid 14/03/08
      14.   9 zionist,that may well be! Question,why is zionism so 02:00  |  lakshmi 14/03/08
      15.   Israeli traitors should have far more to fear. 02:09  |  Chaim 14/03/08
      16.   Pardon me, but 02:49  |  MC 14/03/08
      17.   http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020295.php 03:43  |  Oddvark 14/03/08
      18.   R` Ascherman is an inspiration 03:45  |  Rabbi Riqi Kosovske 14/03/08
      19.   Rabbi Ascherman`s arrest 03:48  |  Stephanie Schamess 14/03/08
      20.   Yes, Rabbi Ascherman is an inspiration 04:03  |  United Jew-haters 14/03/08
      21.   Stephanie, # 19 04:10  |  A human slave 14/03/08
      22.   A wet guy ,hedging his bets 04:20  |  K 14/03/08
      23.   Human Rights Activist Prevents Evacuation of Wounded??? 04:41  |  Straight Talk 14/03/08
      24.   Guess who is the first one to post that is right maureen ann 04:48  |  Danny Toren 14/03/08
      25.   #1 Maureen Ann - Do you any foggy idea about Silwan? 04:49  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      26.   Rabbi Ascherman 04:52  |  Frank Guttman 14/03/08
      27.   #8 Gila - Still Rabbis? 04:52  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      28.   #14 lakshmi - unpalatable in comparison to Muslims 04:54  |  * BEN JABO 14/03/08
      29.   It Really Doesnt Take Much To Incite a Arab* 04:55  |  ROBOCOP 14/03/08
      30.   #18 Rabbi Riqi Kosovske 04:58  |  Ibn Musa 14/03/08
      31.   Another so called rabbi from America deport him 05:00  |  Danny Toren 14/03/08
      32.   The true Children of Israel 05:06  |  Layla 14/03/08
      33.   worried about arabs 05:19  |  dm 14/03/08
      34.   To dm 05:43  |  Gordon 14/03/08
      35.   ELAD 06:01  |  The Seer 14/03/08
      36.   An Early April Fools Day? 06:04  |  Gary S. 14/03/08
      37.   nazi vs muslin 06:28  |  Di 14/03/08
      38.   a reform "rabbi" 06:41  |  david 14/03/08
      39.   actually Mr. lawyer 07:08  |  Dan 14/03/08
      40.   Ascherman supports Arabs only!!! 07:10  |  Dr. Jack 14/03/08
      41.   #3 parenthetical "rabbi" 07:17  |  hala 14/03/08
      42.   Congratulations, Haaretzis, you will soon face the same .. 07:52  |  Andreas 14/03/08
      43.   TO GARY HESS #3 08:10  |  Steve Beikirch 14/03/08
      44.   TO Oddvark #17 08:31  |  Steve Beikirch 14/03/08
      45.   What a suprise, the left inciting violence against Jews again. 08:39  |  Jew 14/03/08
      46.   TO BEN JABO #28 08:45  |  Steve Beikirch 14/03/08
      47.   He`s a worse Jew Hater than Abbas 08:58  |  Dr Dave 14/03/08
      48.   Three hots and a cot at state expense, like some Charedi rabbis 09:24  |  DJStahl 14/03/08
      49.   Responses Tell A Sad Story 09:25  |  Slibovitz 14/03/08
      50.   haha you guyts are funny 09:34  |  jim 14/03/08
      51.   Why would anyone object to people digging under their home? 09:48  |  Clickfool 14/03/08
      52.   This man is Not a Rabbi 10:02  |  sam 14/03/08
      53.   Yet It`s OK for Judeofascist Rabbis to Incite Hatred and Murder 10:12  |  Johan Odin 14/03/08
      54.   Chaim and Danny Toren 10:15  |  Zionist 14/03/08
      55.   Dr Dave 10:20  |  tareq 14/03/08
      56.   IV Geneva Convention Bans Israeli Digging in Occupied Jerusalem 10:24  |  ZioNazi Haters 14/03/08
      57.   http://www.jihadwatch.org/archives/020295.php 10:29  |  Johnny 14/03/08
      58.   the state of the state 10:30  |  Shimon 14/03/08
      59.   Jim from Kansas 10:31  |  EJ 14/03/08
      60.   did he object to the deportation of jews at gush katif? 10:44  |  v ictor hardman 14/03/08
      61.   I wish you more rabbis like Arik Ashermann 10:53  |  Ludmila 14/03/08
      62.   Tell us more, Chaim 11:32  |  Murray 14/03/08
      63.   ASCHERMAN, a rabbi with vision. 11:50  |  Mark 14/03/08
      64.   Ascherman is no Rabbi - He is a lost Hippy 12:54  |  S Judah 14/03/08
      65.   An exasperated response to Clickfool... 13:14  |  The Judge 14/03/08
      66.   The Most Morally Decent Jew In Israel 13:32  |  Yaakov Sullivan 14/03/08
      67.   a rabbi or rights activist? 13:37  |  K 14/03/08
      68.   Good Rabbi`s and Bad Rabbi`s/use of antiquities to lay claims 13:44  |  Dorothy 14/03/08
      69.   ISRAEL FEEL NEED FOR JUDAIZATION OF JERUSALEM WHEN CLAIMING .... 14:06  |  TripleJump 14/03/08
      70.   The Judge on Clickfool Not Living There 14:14  |  Yaakov Sullivan 14/03/08
      71.   #15 Great, more laws 14:25  |  Outsider 14/03/08
      72.   Response to The Judge, re Clickfool 14:33  |  Jason Greene