The High Court is has only one function. To interpret existing laws. It has no business making laws. The time is long overdue to make the High Court properly subservient to the Knesset and the will of the people. Israel needs new legislation to put the High Court in its place. There is also a need to change the composition of the High Court and replace destructive leftists with patriots.

When you have tens of thousands of people here illegally some you accept are legitimate refugees and a solution needs to be found to reflect that and some are just illegal economic migrants then you have to investigate individual cases and to do that you need to hold them all under one roof. It takes years to deal with tens of thousands and until somebody has had their case investigated then you cannot charge them with a crime or not. Its only practical they can be detained for up to 3 years to give time for them to be dealt with but the idiot judges decided to be humanitarians.. Its not inhumane or a breach of human rights to lock up somebody who enters the country illegally and the idiot leftist judges don't seem to be able to get that into their thick skulls. The judges and leftist politicians like Shelly Yachomovich and other far left members of Labor and Meretz praise the decision of the judges but at the same time say how much they feel for the residents of South Tel Aviv and accept something needs to be done. How about we move them all to Ramat Aviv and Herzliyah Pituach when they become a problem for the very rich then lets see how long the court think that infiltrator rights come first. Take to the streets nationwide, people sat up and noticed when the social protestors came out in the hundreds of thousands don't just leave it to the residents of South Tel Aviv to protest and not be heard. Find out who the judges who made this ruling were and name and shame them and same with any politician who supports this decision. You want to get something done properly then the only way is to do it yourself

There is a legal pretext to incarcerate these people should they try cross into Israel- illegal immigration! Why is this not enough for Israel? It is a law in every other nation and no one else deems it unconstitutional. Isn't it simple: break the law = jail?

As usual Chaim "shoots first and asks questions later" The Supreme court has not "made " a new law. It has simply told the Knesset that the law in question will harm Israel. In addition the Supreme court demands that the Knesset pass an Immigration Law which will deal with these problems.

...if they're so meaningless? Why argue with the PA over Palestinian Right of Return if you think anyone & everyone should be allowed to enter Israel & stay, legally or not? There are an awful lot of people looking to escape their hellhole homelands. Should they all be welcomed in as a "humanitarian right"?! Bottom line: The Jewish holy writings are not & should not be used as a guide to committing national suicide!

The voiceless people are the Jews of So. Tel Aviv. The only immigration law that should be enforced is one that protects the worlds only Jewish nation, not some sappy ruling that allows African/Moslems to make life miserable for Jews in the Jewish state.

Courts should NOT legislate. Ever. That is simply NOT their purview and usurpation of the Knesset's legilative brief is inexcusable. Economic sanctions against offeending court figures is not out of line. Continued abuse in this manner screams for removalfrom the bench.

Thank you for reminding us how a mensch is supposed to think and act. Happy Succot to you and your family!

We have too many of our own people without enough food, work etc, we are not a rich country and need to take care of our own. I feel sorry for these refugees but we cannot cloth and feed them, while many Israeli citizens have nothing

Lets put these African's in Boaz's neighborhood. Also the neighborhood of their lawyers, the Supreme Court judges and the leaders of Meretz

The problem is that the extreme left doesn't like it and wants to change it without the people having a say in the matter. The members of the court should be arrested and tried for attempting to overthrow the elected government. Their rulings are illegal and they are criminals

Mr. Okon may or may not be a mensch, but he is definitely naïve. Even history's greatest empire, Rome, fell to barbarian invaders over time, so why couldn't little Israel become overwhelmed by unchecked waves of illegal migrants, especially when those invaders are mainly from Muslim countries hostile to Israel. The Torah does not require Jews to act against the interests, even the continued existence, of the Jewish state. And surely even Basic Law allows people to protect their homeland!

To a galutnik who has read an Israeli (English-language) newspaper for 39 years (and visited Israel six times), the lack of an immigration law is unsurprising. I love Israel and the idea of Jewish sovereignty in our homeland, but beyond defending themselves, Israelis as a community or society seem almost incapable of getting anything done. The urgent (usually) gets accomplished. The rest? Manyana, if ever. Probelms are studied by experts, solutions are recommended, and the efforts moulder on shelves and the problems continue for years, even decades. Regrettably, the United States seems to be headed in the same direction, thanks to politicians who will not cooperate. In fact, the legislative problem here is worse than Israel's. I don't think Israel should be expected to take in just anyone who crosses into its territory; no nation does.

"The High Court ruling delivered Monday is a classic ruling because it defends the weak against the deprivation of freedom without proper legal proceedings." Yet the same High Court supports corrupt IDF generals and brutal policemen when they deprive freedoms without any legal proccedings as long as the victims are Jews from Judea and Samaria.

What about sending this so-called infiltrators to Meir Sharim in Jerusalem. They'll fit in very well with all the others.

The Palestinians and any future agreement for a statehood. Until then, with little land and resources at it's disposal, Israel should open a closed immigration policy for foreigners, Jewish and Palestinians with orgins in this land should the only ones be considered.

Has anyone noticed how much crime these migrants are making in South Tel Aviv, while the others are in detention. So, perhaps, the wrong ones are free and the peaceful ones are in detention. It will take a Solomon's wisdom to know what to do if all of them are not deported.

Take care of the Jews first. Many nations must make life more attractive to their own people so they wont leave. Israel is NOT their home. Shalom.

Around 60,000+ people have already entered the country they continue to enter illegally and they are not all here for the same reason, some are refugees, some are economic migrants etc. Some we will let stay, some we will deport to a third country, some we will just kick out but unless we know who is who and what's their story we can't do anything. When you have tens of thousands here you cannot process them all within a week, it takes years. You also cannot charge somebody with something until you know who they are. These people obviously want to stay in Israel so they will not come forward to be processed knowing they may be deported so only solution is lock them up in a detention centre until their case can be investigated and their future in Israel decided. It's purely a practical bill not one designed to punish.

Send all illegals home, period. Israel is after all, "The Homeland for The Jewish People." KEEP BUILDING !!!!

That ought to do it. ( is Meir Sharim the same? )

The ruling notes the Torah directive to respect "the stranger" - individual. But that same tradition says nothing about accommodating tribes of foreigners who decide to make your home their own. Many laws are written with an individual in mind, and presume procedures and mechanisms that can deal with said individual. But what of untold thousands of such individuals? Can any system provide the legal representation, the judicial review and the legal remedies each "deserves" and not be overwhelmed? That's a bigger issue that neither the "rights" community nor the Court has addressed.

Legislators tried to pass a law where any person suspected of being an illegal can be arrested for 3 years without trial. You can arrest illegal immigrants but not without due process and a trial. So the High Court is protecting those who are not illegal immigrants, even plain Israelis, from being locked up for 3 years on suspicion of... . And the moral of the story is if you're going to write a law, do it properly!

Is the human thing to do? I wonder how left-wingers will explain this to their grandchildren