Israel’s high court rejects ban on Red Cross visits for Palestinian prisoners

By EPHRAT LIVNI The Supreme Court of Israel ruled earlier this week that a government policy banning visits to Palestinian prisoners by representatives of the International Committee of the Red Cross violated Israeli and international law. The policy, which prohibited the visits to those deemed “security” prisoners in the Israeli system and considered threats to national security, as opposed to “criminal” prisoners, was enacted after the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack that ignited the war in...

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