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A rally in support of Palestinian prisoners in Gaza City.
Public Security Minister Amir Ohana didn t have the authority to order the delay of coronavirus jabs to Palestinian prisoners, who were in the second priority group to get vaccinated, the Israeli High Court of Justice said.
The three judges were unanimous in their ruling, pointing out that Ohana acted without legal authority as only the health minister had the power to make such a decision. They also insisted that denying vaccines couldn t be used as a punishment for inmates.
Justice Menachem Mazuz was the harshest in his explanation of the verdict, saying that the order to postpone vaccination was issued with blatant lack of authority and illegally, and it is void of all legal validity.
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