Bezalel Smotrich, Sdei Teiman, Beit Lid, Protests

Smotrich backs protesters but insisits on obeying the law and avoiding violence 

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich expresses support for the protestors voicing opposition to the arrest of eight soldiers, yet urges them to respect legal boundaries and avoid confrontations with soldiers and police officers.

Bezalel Smotrich (Photo: Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

On Monday evening, Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich voiced support for the demonstrators protesting the detention of eight IDF soldiers in Sde Teiman, who were arrested on allegations of mistreating a terrorist detainee.

"The civil protest against the severe injustice faced by these reservists is entirely justified, and I stand behind it wholeheartedly," Smotrich declared.

However, he also cautioned against unlawful actions, stating, "In contrast to the left's approach of legal defiance and civil unrest over the past year and a half, we have a duty to uphold the law and the integrity of the state." He urged demonstrators to avoid breaking into military bases and confronting soldiers and police.

"Protest within the boundaries of the law," he added, following incidents where protesters breached a military police base in Beit Lid. Chief of Staff Lt. Col. Herzi Halevi and IDF spokesman Brigadier General Daniel Hagari addressed the soldiers after the unrest.

* Arutz 7 contributed to this article.

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