Israeli Court Extends Administrative Detention of Hilltop Youth Leader Meir Ettinger by Four Months

Jerusalem, 23 February, 2016 (TPS) -- The Lod District Court has approved the state’s request to extend Meir Ettinger’s administrative detention by four months, in addition to the seven months he has served thus far.

Ettinger is grandson of right-wing Rabbi Meir Kahana whose organization, Kach, was outlawed in 1994. Ettinger is considered to be a hilltop youth leader and was arrested during 2015 without charges pressed against him.