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Israel Supreme Court Rules Against Palestinian Hunger Strikers

(Jerusalem Post) Joanna Paraszczuk - In a unanimous decision, Israel Supreme Court Justices Elyakim Rubinstein, Yoram Danziger and Noam Sohlberg said they found no reason to contravene a military court ruling that extended two Palestinian prisoners' administrative detention. Rubinstein said that revealing classified intelligence material about an administrative detainee could harm the agents and their methodology. It was right, therefore, that the courts should be the body designated to examine that material, he said. The justices said that classified information and military court rulings on the prisoners proved that they were active in the Islamic Jihad terrorist group. The security services said that one of the men, Thaer Halahleh, is accused of transferring funds, including from overseas, to finance the terrorist group's activities. Military judges chose to extend Halahleh's detention since he posed a real security threat, Rubinstein said. Classified information presented to the court indicated that the second prisoner, Bilal Diab, a senior Islamic Jihad leader, had access to weaponry and showed "a willingness for military action."
2012-05-08 00:00:00
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