A magistrate’s court on Monday issued a six-month restraining order against far-right activist Mordechai David, barring him from coming within 50 meters of the home of Standing Together national co-director Alon-Lee Green and within 25 meters of Green himself, after finding that David’s conduct crossed from political protest into threatening harassment.
The order was issued after a hearing on Green’s request, which centered on a late-March incident at Green’s home but also referred to additional alleged confrontations around anti-war protests in Tel Aviv over the past week.
In its written decision, the court said Green had presented a sufficient factual basis to justify the order, centering on an incident in late March in which David arrived with several others at Green’s apartment building, went up the stairwell to his door, banged on it, and loudly called on him to come out and answer questions.
The application also referred to other encounters in recent months in which, according to Green, David followed him, blocked his path, pressed up against him in a threatening way, and, during an anti-war protest in Habima Square, allegedly prevented him from reaching a protected space when a siren sounded. David denied that allegation in court, and the judge’s ruling rested primarily on the documented incident at Green’s home and the broader concern that the confrontations could continue.
The decision adds Green to a growing list of journalists, public figures, and left-wing or anti-government activists who have publicly accused David of intimidation tactics.
In recent months, David was reported to have followed independent journalist Orly Bar-Lev to her car and Channel 13 legal correspondent Aviad Glickman to a train station after hearings in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s criminal trial. He also confronted Channel 12 reporter Guy Peleg over his reporting on the Sde Teiman case.
David's continued string of harassment of public figures
David’s name drew wider national attention in late January, when he and others blocked the car of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak as Barak was leaving a conference in Tel Aviv. Police later said that David had been questioned on suspicion of offenses including disturbing public order, trespass, and assault, and was released under restrictive conditions that included a temporary ban on contacting those involved in that incident. Barak’s daughter had given evidence to the police after the encounter.
That episode came on top of another case involving social activist Sigal Shukrun. In February, David and another activist, Roi Star, were questioned by police after allegedly showing up outside her home. During the confrontation, per allegations, Shukrun’s partner was struck.
In Monday’s ruling in Green’s case, the judge explicitly noted that this was not the first time David had been found to have engaged in threatening harassment by going to someone’s home and knocking on the door under the guise of wanting “dialogue.”
Standing Together said after Monday’s ruling that the court had drawn a clear line around what it described as political thuggery. The movement identified Green as its national co-director, a role also listed on its official website.