היו במגעים עם צה״ל להסדרת מעמדם - אז למה קיבלו אותם עם אזיקים? אריה ארליך

There was an attempt by the students ' families to coordinate their arrival with military authorities, stating they would arrive, go home, and report to the induction center 72 hours later. The army said, "Okay, there is something to talk about." In practice, what actually happened was that they deployed reinforced forces with minibuses and dozens of military police soldiers who waited for them today and took them into custody, and they are all currently under arrest. I think this is a very simple story. I don’t understand where the complication was here, but never mind. I want to move on and ask a very simple question. The State of Israel, the country's gates welcome every person entering as if they are in their own home, "How good it is that you came home," like the song we hear on El Al audio systems when we land in Israel. Is this the welcome that students from the Chabad movement, by the way, the most inclusive Hasidic movement that most advocates for the love of Israel and bringing hearts together—is this the welcome they should receive when they return to their families after a year and two months abroad? And what were they doing there? They left with permission and signed an arrangement with military authorities. They studied , as every Chabad Hasid has done for decades, and notified the army in advance: We are returning in order to report to the induction center. And this is (Interruption) My follow-up question—that is, are you telling us for certain that those young men had at least arranged with the authorities that they would arrive and report to the induction center, meaning it was unambiguous? >> Right, that was exactly my question. So now, very clearly, and precisely because of that—wait, great. So first of all, I am glad that now—I am glad, yes, I am glad that things, that now things are understood, and precisely because of that, against this backdrop, I want to wonder: Is there someone trying to drag us into a violent confrontation, for whom it was important to see the pictures this morning of 42 young men returning after a year and two months away from their families? Was it important to them to see these pictures, young men being taken and—