This morning Women in Green filed a petition against the Israel Police with the High Court of Justice

Women in Green heads Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar filed this morning a petition against the Israel Police with the High Court of Justice, concerning the Tisha be-Av eve march, a march for which thousands of marchers gather, and which the movement has conducted for eighteen years on a fixed route, in a time-honored practice.

This year, the Israel Police announced that they will not permit the route due to Ramadan, when thousands of Arabs come down from the Temple Mount after prayers in order to break their fast on Sultan Suleiman Street, and the police fear friction. In consequence they demanded that Women in Green find an alternate route that will not pass along Sultan Suleiman Street, Damascus Gate, etc.

As is stated in the petition, for eighteen years there has not been a single incident caused by friction, not even a year ago when Ramadan fell on the same date. If the police fear violence by the Arabs, they should be distanced from the area, and not Jews.

The police’s demand severely harms Jerusalem’s sovereignty. Jerusalem is the united and undivided capital of Israel and of the Jewish people, and it is inconceivable that Jews will not be allowed to march in it, and especially so on Tisha be-Av eve.

The petition was submitted this morning by Adv. Aviad Hakohen, who represented Women in Green eighteen years ago in its first petition, when then, too, the police tried to prevent the march.

for details:
Yehudit Katsover – 050-7161818, Nadia Matar – 050-5500834
Women for Israel’s Tomorrow (Women in Green)
www.womeningreen.org