High Court Judge Visits Oct 7 Terrorists To Ensure They Have Winter Clothes, Toilet Paper. Justice Reform Now!!

 Israeli Supreme Court Justice Ruth Ronen made a surprise visit to the Ofer high-security prison facility to examine the conditions of detention for the security prisoners held there. The judge requested to visit the wing where “illegal combatants from Gaza,” who were captured after October 7th, are incarcerated. The wing includes members of the Nukhba terrorist unit who attacked Israeli villages and indiscriminately murdered residents.

According to a report by Kan 11, during her visit Justice Ronen inquired whether the prisoners had winter clothes, toilet paper, and whether they were allowed to receive paper and pen to enable them to petition judicial authorities to appeal their conditions of imprisonment.

It was also reported that Justice Ronen has recently been deliberating on several petitions filed by terrorists regarding their detention conditions. The visit to the security prison may have stemmed from her desire to closely monitor the policy of the minister in charge, Itamar Ben-Gvir, who has significantly tightened the conditions of detention in high-security prisoner wings.

The visit sparked significant criticism, as social media influencers asked when the judge had visited high-security Jewish prisoners in the hands of the Shin Bet or in prison facilities and checked on their conditions of detention. Others asked whether she had met with families of victims of these terrorists.

Ronen came under fire recently for the early release of a terrorist who had planned to perpetrate an attack – simply because he exhibited “normative” behavior. Ronen also ruled in November that a terrorist who had planned to assassinate Itamar Ben-Gvir and kidnap soldiers should receive two bedcovers at his request.