(Jerusalem Post) Dan Izenberg - Israel's High Court of Justice on Thursday accepted the state's argument that there was currently no humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip and that the state was making maximum efforts to keep the Karni crossing open and enable cargo trucks to cross between Gaza and Israel. As a result, the petitioners, including the Gaza-based Al-Mezan Center for Human Rights, took the advice of Supreme Court President Aharon Barak and withdrew their petition. The state's representative, attorney Aner Hellman, argued that the government did its best to keep Karni open, but that Palestinian terrorists targeted the facility for attacks and the Palestinian Authority did nothing to stop them.
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