Daniella Weiss

Daniella Weiss (Hebrew: דניאלה וייס‎; born August 30, 1945 in Ramat Gan) is an Israeli settlement movement activist, and a former mayor of Kedumim, an Israeli settlement located in Judea and Samaria. She was first elected mayor of Kedumim in September 1996, and was re-elected for a second term in November 2001.

She had finished her undergraduate degree in English literature and philosophy at Bar Ilan University.

Since the 1970s, Weiss has been a notable figure in the Gush Emunim settlement movement, active in the establishment of many new communities in Judea and Samaria area [1]

In May 1987, she was arrested and convicted with respect to rioting by Israeli settlers in the Palestinian city of Qalqiliya. She was sentenced to a fine and a suspended sentence.

In June 2007, she was charged with obstructing a police officer in the line of duty and assaulting a police officer. She was sentenced to 5 months probation. [2]

On October 3, 2008, she was arrested and charged with assaulting a police officer, interfering with a police investigation, and hindering a police officer in the performance of his duty. She was released from house arrest pending trial on October 6, 2008. [3]

She was arrested, and promptly released, in December 2008 in Hebron.[4]

In May 2009, Daniella was arrested with respect to assaulting a police officer and obstruction of an investigation. She was sentenced to two days under house arrest .

Daniella Weiss rejected the Price tag policy, saying that it had diverted settlers from what she considered to be their most important task - setting up additional caravans and tents to lay claim to ever more hilltops in the West Bank.[5] She stated that the only "price tag" action acceptable to her is the establishment of a new outpost in response to every outpost that had been demolished by Israeli authorities.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Kedumim.org Archived October 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "D 3203/05 State of Israel vs. Daniela Weiss". court.gov.il. June 12, 2007.
  3. ↑ "Jerusalem Post". Jerusalem Post. Jerusalem Post. October 6, 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  4. ↑ Tovah Lazaroff; Shelley Paz (December 8, 2008). "Sneh to Barak: Jail Daniella Weiss". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved October 26, 2014.
  5. ↑ James Hider (October 15, 2009). "West Bank settlers use 'price tag' tactic to punish Palestinians". The Times.(subscription required)
  6. ↑ Nadav Shragai (October 4, 2008). דניאלה וייס: השב"כ מעורב בהנחת המטען בבית שטרנהל [Daniella Weiss: Shin Bet involved in laying cargo at Beit Sternhell]. Haaretz (in Hebrew). Retrieved August 14, 2014.


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