The High Court will hear Thursday in a petition against the decision to allow the ISA to digitally monitor Corona patients and people near them
The High Court asked the state to respond by tomorrow (Wednesday) to Attorney Shachar Ben Meir's petition against the decision to give the GSS authority to follow civilians in the Corona crisis. The hearing on the petition was set for Thursday at 9:00.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday announced the use of digital tools and technology to monitor Corona patients. The move has provoked outraged reactions among Knesset members and various organizations that opposed the decision to use extreme and far-reaching measures, they claim, to deal with the Corona virus crisis.
Knesset Member Nitzan Horowitz (Labor-Gesher-Meretz), in the evening, addressed the Avichai Mandelblit Presidential Office urgently demanding that these measures not be exercised without parliamentary and judicial supervision. Mandelblit answered the request.
On behalf of Attorney General Avihai Mandelblit, he said: "Following the request of the Prime Minister and the Shin Bet Health Ministry to take measures to help the Corona virus to save lives, the Attorney General examined a number of measures designed to help reduce and prevent the infection.
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The announcement emphasized that, "in the legal context, it was decided to impose various restrictions on the measures that will be used, including aspects of their period of operation, legal supervision of the operation and use of the information collected. This is in order to reach the right balance between the relevant important interests. Also for the approval of the relevant Knesset committee.
The Attorney General's Office said on the matter: "Regarding the validity of recent Health Ministry recommendations and their enforcement policies, we would like to clarify that without reducing the importance of the guidelines and recommendations designed to prevent the spread of the Corona virus, enforcement actions will only be taken in breach of the law. Which will be anchored as required by law and regulations, which will also of course be introduced and published to the public's knowledge in a formal and orderly manner. "
