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To: stockman_scott who wrote (25911)	4/18/2002 1:08:15 PM
From: Katelew	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Thursday, April 18, 2002 Iyyar 6, 5762 Israel Time: 20:06 (GMT+3) Last update - 14:54 18/04/2002 State ordered to explain assassination, arrest policies By Moshe Reinfeld, Ha'aretz Correspondent The High Court of Justice ordered the state Thursday to explain its position on the question of the legality of the sweeping arrest warrant recently issued by the commander of the IDF forces on the West Bank. The court also issued an interim order giving the state 80 days to check whether the government's policy of `targeted killings` contravenes international law. Supreme Court President Aharon Barak along with justices Dalia Dorner and Izhak Englard gave the state 15 days to explain the army commander's refusal to cancel the sweeping warrant. B'tselem, Physicians for Human Rights, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, Adalah: The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, LAW - The Palestinian Society for the Protection of Human Rights and the Environment and the Public Committee Against Torture petitioned the High Court over the arrests of Palestinian men by the IDF as part of its Operation Defensive Shield. Three additional petitioners are Palestinian detainees; a Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine activist and two Fatah members, including a member of the Palestinian general intelligence service. The petitioners want the court to annul a warrant issued by Major General Yitzhak Eitan of the Central Command which basically allows the army to carry out mass arrests and hold detainees for up to 18 days without a hearing or a meeting with a lawyer. The state informed the court Thursday that the IDF has so far arrested some 5,600 Palestinians during the offensive; 3,900 of whom have been released while the remainder are still in custody. In addition, the court also heard a petition by the Public Committee Against Torture and LAW over the government's assassinations policy. The petitioners claim that the policy is inherently illegal and could lead the government to commit war crimes.