High Court to ask State to defend infiltration prevention law
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The High Court Justice announced it intends to issue an order nisi instructing the State to explain why it is not rescinding the infiltration prevention law. The law allows the state to detain foreigners entering Israel via Sinai for a period of three or more years even if they are not up for deportation.
The order will be issued as part of a petition filed by Sudanese and Eritrean citizens and human rights groupd who claim the law violates international and Israeli law. (Aviel Magnezi and Omri Efraim)
