High Court rejects petition to annul state of emergency

The High Court of Justice has rejected a petition filed by the Association of Civil Rights in Israel in 1999, aiming to annul the state of emergency in the country.

"On one hand, Israel is an active democracy that protects basic rights, but on the other, the threats on its existence have yet to be retracted," Justice Elyakim Rubinstein ruled. (Aviad Glickman).