Case Number
HCJ 3117/02
Date Decided
4-14-2002
Decision Type
Original
Document Type
Full Opinion
Abstract
Facts: This petition was submitted during IDF operations against the terrorist infrastructure in the areas of the Palestinian Authority. (“Operation Defensive Wall.”) Petitioners argued that respondent was not using the special rescue unit of the IDF Homefront Command to search for all persons that may be buried alive under ruins in the Jenin refugee camp.
Held: The Supreme Court held that both law and morality mandated that the rescue unit enter the Jenin refugee camp. As this unit had entered the camp, as per respondents reply, the goal of the petition had been fulfilled.
Keywords
Constitutional Law -- Equality Before the Law, International Law -- Laws of war, International Law -- Occupied territories
Recommended Citation
Barak, Aharon; Beinisch, Dorit; and Or, Theodor, "Center for the Defense of the Individual v. Minister of Defense" (2002). Translated Opinions. 108.
https://larc.cardozo.yu.edu/iscp-opinions/108
