US EditionIsrael's Supreme Court Says Government Is Not Giving Palestinian Prisoners Enough Food
The Israeli Supreme Court found the government violated legal duties by restricting Palestinian prisoners' food, ordering immediate improvements to prevent malnutrition during the ongoing conflict.
- Israel's Supreme Court ruled that the government must ensure adequate food for security prisoners, stating, 'The supply of food is not a means of punishment.'
- The petition, filed by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel and Gisha, highlighted issues of hunger and malnutrition among prisoners.
- The ruling obligates the state to monitor prisoners' nutritional needs and ensure compliance with legal standards.
- Justice Daphne Barak-Erez emphasized that the government must provide food that allows for basic living conditions in accordance with the law.
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Israel’s Supreme Court rules its government is depriving Palestinian prisoners of food
In a highly rare exercise of wartime legal restraint, Israel’s supreme court ruled Sunday that the Israeli government has deprived Palestinian detainees of even a minimum subsistence diet and ordered authorities to increase the amount and improve the quality of food served to deprived Palestinian inmates.
Israel Supreme Court rules government not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Israel’s Supreme Court ruled Sunday that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition. In a 2–1 decision, justices found that current food rations in Israel’s prisons fell short of legal standards and that starvation could not be used as a form of punishment. Justice Daphne Barak-Erez, writing for the majority, called adequate nutri…
Israel does not give enough food to the Palestinian prisoners, says the Israeli Supreme Court. In a decision issued on Sunday, September 7, 2025, the highest court in the country ordered the government to ensure "a minimum living conditions" in its prisons. Civil rights activists who had initiated the case denounced a new, more cruel prison policy since October 7, 2023.
Israel’s Supreme Court orders government to cease starvation of Palestinian prisoners
The Supreme Court in Israel has ruled that the government is not providing sufficient food for basic subsistence to Palestinian inmates held in the State’s prisons. Ordering the government to cease the starvation of prisoners, the decision represents a rare case in which the top court ruled against Israel’s conduct in Gaza.
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