The mother of a young yungerman arrested Monday near Ofakim on suspicion of draft evasion broke down in tears during a live radio interview, pleading with chareidi political leaders to intervene and secure her son’s release.
Odelya Cohen, the mother of 22-year-old Aviel Cohen of Netivot, spoke emotionally during a special broadcast on Kol Barama hosted by Yaakov Grodka, describing the anguish her family has experienced since learning of the arrest.
“I am suffering from high blood pressure and I’m on medication right now. I can’t believe this happened,” she said through tears. “I’m begging them to get him out. If there is anything you can do, please do it.”
The distraught mother said she was overcome with emotion when she received word that her son had been taken into custody.
“I screamed when I heard that he was arrested. I can’t survive like this. Do something now. I can’t go on for another minute.”
She also directed sharp criticism toward Shas and its leadership, questioning why elected representatives had not succeeded in preventing such arrests.
“For years I voted for Shas. Why? Why should my son be in prison? I’m very disappointed. It’s terrible,” she said. “Of course Aryeh Deri could have done something. At least let him do something now. If it were his son, would this have happened?”
The yungerman’s father, Chofni Cohen, also spoke about the incident, claiming his son was stopped by authorities despite not committing any traffic violation.
“My son was driving today near the Gilat Junction when he saw a police vehicle and military police behind it. They ordered him to pull over and began inspecting his tires and looking for a traffic violation,” he said. “Even though he had done nothing wrong, they handcuffed him. They threatened his wife that if she called anyone or filmed the incident, they would take away her phone.”
According to reports, Aviel Cohen was detained at the Gilat gas station near Ofakim on suspicion of draft evasion and was subsequently transferred to the Military Police station at Ir HaBahadim.
News of the arrest quickly sparked protests, with dozens of demonstrators gathering at the Gilat Junction and blocking traffic on Routes 25 and 241 in protest of the detention.
{Matzav.com}
The reason is, because there ARE NO TERM LIMITS IN SECULAR ISRAEL!!! It’s the same washed up prunes, like Deri and Gafni, that stay in the Knesset until their dying day. There is no democracy in secular Israel. It is the same tyrants and dictators over and over and over and over again. We must be subject to see the same ugly faces again and again. No outsiders are ever allowed to rise to a leadership position. Secular Israel is as corrupt and evil as they come.
No, the reason is because they’re delaying judicial reform to get rid of the self-appointed anti-Torah anti-Gd radical leftist judges, destroyers of the country.
Huh? How is secular Israel responsible for the complete lack of a primary system giving voters any say whatsoever in who their MKs will be in the Chareidi parties? The secular parties for their part mostly do give their supporters some say, so an unpopular MK would not be on their slate in the next election.
There are few countries that are as easy for a new face to start his own party as Israel.
This case is clearly a mitzvah of Pidyon Shevuim and Pikuach Nefesh. Hope her son will be released very soon. In the meantime she should take up her case with Peleg. They know how to get her son out quickly.