"Israel's highest court says Palestinian prisoners are being deliberately starved in harsh prison conditions. Israel's Supreme Court has said in a rare ruling that the Israeli government is intentionally depriving thousands of Palestinian prisoners of even a minimum amount of food for daily subsistence amid the genocidal war on Gaza."
"It ruled unanimously on Sunday that the Israeli government had a legal duty to provide Palestinian prisoners with three meals a day to ensure a basic level of existence and ordered authorities to fulfil that obligation. In a two-to-one decision, the court furthermore accepted the petition filed last year by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Gisha, siding with their allegations that the government's deliberate restriction of prisoners' food in Israeli detention facilities has caused Palestinians to suffer malnutrition and starvation."
Israel's Supreme Court found the government deliberately deprived thousands of Palestinian prisoners of sufficient food in detention and ordered provision of three meals daily to ensure basic survival. The ruling was unanimous on the legal duty and two-to-one on accepting a petition by ACRI and Gisha alleging deliberate food restrictions caused malnutrition and starvation. The three-judge panel deliberated amid 23 months of war and widespread military arrests. Released detainees consistently report torture, abuse, lack of medical care, overcrowding, and disease. The court emphasized survival-level standards and instructed authorities to fulfil feeding obligations.
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