Israeli High Court Requires Israel to Help Palestinian Refugees from Hamas
Charles Johnson
Tue Jun 19, 2007 at 6:06 pm PDT • Views: 318
Israel’s High Court of Justice is moving to require Israel to provide medical assistance to Palestinians holed up in the Erez crossing tunnel: Court: Israel must aid Gazans at Erez.
The High Court of Justice instructed the State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday night that “everything Israel can do to save human life must be done today,” following a petition submitted by “Doctors for Human Rights” and “Gisha” that Erez Crossing be opened immediately to allow sick and wounded Gazans into Israel.
The High Court decided that a panel of three judges would rule on the matter Wednesday in an emergency hearing and demanded that until then, the State Attorney’s Office respond to Tuesday’s ruling in place of the IDF.
Some 190 Palestinians holed up in a stench-filled concrete tunnel at the border crossing with northern Gaza, desperately trying to flee the Hamas-controlled Strip. …
Israel has refused to allow them passage to the West Bank, saying that some of them are wanted terrorists, including, for example, one who was involved in 2002’s standoff with the IDF at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
(Hat tip: LawHawk.)
Frank says: