Settler suspected of attacks on Palestinians released from house arrest, barred from West Bank

Jerusalem Post/Israel News/Crime in IsraelDardik is suspected of involvement in attacks against Palestinians and other nationalist-motivated offenses, including a suspected attack in March.Follow us on GoogleAdministrative detainee Tal Yinon Dardik, who is on a hunger strike in prison, arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on Central Command chief Maj. Gen. Avi Bluth’s appeal against a decision to release him from administrative detention, August 6, 2026.(photo credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)ByJERUSALEM POST STAFFAUGUST 10, 2026 11:12Updated: AUGUST 10, 2026 11:19A settler suspected of attacks against Palestinians, Tal Yinon Dardik, will be released from house arrest but ordered not to approach the West Bank, IDF Central Command Chief Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth decided on Monday.Dardik is suspected of involvement in attacks against Palestinians and other nationalist-motivated offenses, including a suspected attack in March.IDF Maj.-Gen. Avi Bluth, head of the Central Command, attends a ceremony for incoming Jerusalem District commander Avshalom Peled is held in the Old City of Jerusalem, January 4, 2026. (credit: CHAIM GOLDBERG/FLASH90)District Court rules house arrest order justifiedThe Jerusalem District Court on Sunday rejected Bluth's appeal over an administrative restriction order imposed on Dardik, while leaving intact the finding that Dardik poses a security risk and should remain under full house arrest.Judge Avraham Dan Rubin upheld an earlier military appeals committee decision that the order against Dardik was justified, but that he could not be required to serve the house arrest specifically at his mother-in-law’s home in the West Bank settlement of Adei Ad without her consent.“The starting point in the proceeding before me is that the respondent poses a danger which justifies full house arrest,” Rubin wrote, noting that Dardik had not challenged that finding as part of the appeal before the District Court.Sarah Ben-Nun contributed to this report.Follow us on Google