In a unanimous ruling issued Wednesday, Israel’s Supreme Court overturned a government policy that barred representatives of the Red Cross from visiting terrorists held in Israeli prisons.
The restriction was implemented following the outbreak of the war and remained in effect until the court’s decision. The justices ruled in favor of a petition challenging the policy, finding that the government had failed to establish a legal foundation for the measure.
Justice Dafna Barak-Erez wrote that the state did not present a valid legal justification for preventing Red Cross officials from meeting with incarcerated terrorists.
Deputy Supreme Court President Noam Sohlberg concurred, stating that the policy could not remain in force because the government had not identified any legal authority supporting its decision to impose the ban.
Supreme Court President Isaac Amit joined the opinions of his fellow justices, making the decision unanimous.
The ruling sparked an immediate and angry reaction from National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir, who sharply criticized the court and renewed his call for sweeping judicial reforms.
“A shameful ruling by detached judges who sit in their ivory towers and continue to care for terrorists while citizens of Israel pay the price of terrorism. Any such ruling reminds us why the judicial system needs to change. Reform now!”
{Matzav.com}
Who’s the supreme court to meddle in political affairs? The supreme court judges are self-elected and are the most powerful entity in Israel. They meddle with selecting of the Chief Rabbis, kashrus, drafting charedim, and what not? If this is not crazy, what is?
Why isn’t the government up in arms against the supreme court?
Under Red Cross escort, Hamas used the hostage search as cover to uncover and retrieve weapons hidden inside an IDF-controlled zone. Hamas used the ceasefire deal to search for weapons, not bodies. Hope the Red Cross will be thoroughly checked and escorted before allowing them to visit the terrorists. The Red Cross, like the UN, cannot be trusted. The Red Cross is a global industrialized child and human trafficking cartel.
Did the same Unsupreme court rule that yeshiva bochurim be visited too?
The Sodomite Supreme Court are against Yeshivos and anyone affiliated with Yeshivos. So, no. No way would this wicked court allow it. Israel’s Prime Minister is their puppet. Neither the PM nor any MK have any power. Which is why it makes absolutely not sense for anyone to waste time and vote.