01.11.1995|Judgment|Judgment / Supreme Court

HCJ 6504/95 - Wajie et al. v. State of Israel

Judgment in a petition by several Gaza Strip residents to instruct Israel to release them from detention they consider unlawful. The petition is dismissed. The petitioners argue that the Military Court's jurisdiction in the "Area" does not extend beyond it; therefore the issuance of the order in Ashkelon was unauthorized. The justices rule that under the Order regarding Security Provisions, a single judge - as in this case - is authorized to choose where he presides, and it should not be said that the establishment of courts in the Area, requires they be present therein, and that only an order they issue while there is valid.