During a court hearing, it was revealed that the state maintains a "blacklist" of citizens who, according to the terminal's instructions, must be searched at every encounter.
The comments came up during a hearing as part of a civil lawsuit filed by a Jewish man against the police, in which it was claimed that the search of his belongings was carried out illegally.
In a hearing held at the Ramla Magistrate's Court, the police admitted to the existence of a procedure at the terminal, according to which they are required to search the man's belongings every time they meet him. "Only because of the alert at the terminal did we search only the plaintiff, even though there were three of them there," the police officer admitted.
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However, the police refused to present at the hearing the nature of the alert about the young man at the terminal, citing confidentiality of the material.
Judge Noam Raf ruled that the search was conducted illegally and ruled that the police would compensate the young man in the amount of 7,050 shekels.
In the incident, which was documented by the young man, he was standing with two of his friends at the Kesem intersection when police officers who happened to be there asked the three for their IDs, without them showing their police IDs. When the officers entered the young man's ID number into the terminal, they told him that they were required to search him - with one of the officers adding: "I am told that you must be searched every time you are seen," which is prohibited by law.
When he asked the policeman what the reasonable suspicion against him was, he refused to answer.
The footage shows one of the police officers taking out the entire contents of the young man's bag onto the sidewalk, when the young man again makes it clear to him that he does not consent to the search.
In the ruling, Ramla Magistrate's Court Judge Noam Raf ruled that the police officers acted illegally when they did not present police ID cards.
The judge rejected the police's claims that there was a reasonable basis for the detention, noting that the detention was carried out despite the young man's explicit objection, as documented in the video. In conclusion, the judge ruled that the police detained the young man illegally.
The judge ruled that the police would compensate the young man with 3,000 shekels in compensation, 3,000 shekels in attorney fees, 750 shekels in court fees, and 300 shekels in expenses.
Attorney Menashe Yado: "The case raised the issue of illegal searches against Givaut boys, not as a random thing but as a matter of procedure. The police officer who conducted the search told my client in front of the cameras that he had a terminal order to search him whenever he was seen.
""This order is illegal, unconstitutional, and unfair. The court awarded compensation to my client for this search. This proceeding exposes the culture of violent enforcement, which goes beyond the limits of what is permissible, against the boys of the hills and presents a reality according to which in practice not everyone is equal before the law, and human rights and a democratic regime are unfortunately lofty concepts that do not apply to everyone.".
