Case Number
HCJ 5627/02, HCJ 8813/02
Date Decided
4-25-2004
Decision Type
Original
Document Type
Full Opinion
Abstract
Facts: At the end of 2001, the Government Press Office decided that it would no longer give press badges to Palestinian journalists who were residents of Judaea and Samaria, because of the security risk. The petitioners in the two petitions challenged this policy.
Held: The court held that the refusal to give press badges to Palestinian journalists who were residents of Judaea and Samaria, without any consideration of the individual cases of the persons applying for a press badge, could not be justified on security grounds alone. The respondents had not considered the right of freedom of expression that conflicted with the security grounds.
Petitions granted.
Keywords
Administrative Law -- Foreigners, Constitutional Law -- Freedom of Expression
