Israel's High Court Rejects Bereaved Families' Petition

The High Court of Justice on Monday afternoon rejected a petition by bereaved families against the emergency regulations banning them from visiting military cemeteries on Israel's Memorial Day.

In the ruling, Judge Yitzhak Amit noted that it is impossible to avoid a situation in which many people gather in one location and cause a mass infection of the coronavirus if the families are allowed to visit the cemeteries.

The judge added that in the hearing, proposals such as restricting entry to the cemeteries to members of the nuclear family or one representative from each family were raised, However, "it is difficult to see how the prohibition side can be enforced while maintaining respect for the place and the feelings of the family members."

"Who is the police officer or soldier with a stone heart, who will stand at the entrance to the cemetery on this day and screen the incoming with a painful and poignant question: Who are you and what is your relative in the space in this cemetery? Not to mention the examination and verification of the answer he will receive," he added. Read more at Arutz-7