humanitarian law: the Hague Regulations, of 1907, and the humanitarian provisions of the Fourth Geneva Convention (as defined by Israel). On this point, the justices held:

 

We accept that the military com-mander cannot order the construction of the separation fence if his reasons are political. The separation fence cannot be motivated by a desire to "annex" ter-ritories to the State of Israel.. Indeed, the military commander of territory held in belligerent occupation must balance be-tween the needs of the army on one hand, and the needs of the local inhabitants on the other. In the framework of this delicate balance, there is no room for an additional system of considerations, whether they be political considerations, the annexation of territory, or the es-tablishment of the permanent borders of the sta...

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