David Enoch Arrested While Protesting Judicial “Reforms” in Israel

David Enoch, professor of philosophy at Hebrew College in Jerusalem, was amongst these protesting the Israeli authorities’s controversial plans to cut back the independence and energy of its judiciary yesterday close to Tel Aviv when he was arrested by police.

He was launched after a few hours.

In a public Facebook post concerning the arrest, he recounts the expertise (the next has been translated from Hebrew into English by ChatGPT):

So this morning, I used to be arrested at a protest on the Inexperienced Village interchange. I’ve heard earlier than, from others who aren’t accustomed to it, that it’s merely a psychological barrier that must be overcome. And that’s actually what it was. We went all the way down to the street to dam it. The policeman tried to combat it. I made positive my palms had been behind my again and didn’t resist. He pushed slightly, threatened slightly, however I didn’t transfer. So he arrested me. It wasn’t a beautiful expertise, nevertheless it wasn’t horrible both. About an hour of ready within the patrol automotive till one other detainee was added, slightly extra ready on the police station, after which launch. One much less psychological barrier. It wasn’t actually fascinating in any respect.

However listed here are a number of takeaways:

1. 1. It’s actually only a psychological barrier. Probably not horrible.
   2. I’m conscious that privileges are at play right here too. And to be attacked by police (or by anybody) is a distinct story altogether. So which means, in fact, who must be on the forefront of any protest.
   3. There are lots of complaints towards the police, and I’m positive lots of them are justified. However in my case, they had been actually okay—being arrested didn’t appear horrible to me, the aggression of the police officer was a bit exaggerated however not terribly so. The officer who saved a watch on me within the patrol automotive, the officer who made positive we had water on the police station, the police officer who introduced a blanket and took footage of us so we might calm my mother—they had been all actually okay. And it was clear that they didn’t need to be on this state of affairs any greater than we did. It’s price preserving that in thoughts as a lot as potential.

Final month, over 100 philosophers signed onto a letter to the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the nation’s Minister of Justice, Yariv Levin, objecting to the judicial modifications.

(by way of Leiter Reports)