02.02.1995|Judgment|Judgment / Supreme Court
HCJ 6807/94 Abbas v. State of Israel et al.
Judgment
HCJ rejected a petition to return the body of a Palestinian who was killed while carrying out a shooting attack in Jerusalem in order to bring it to burial. The HCJ considered reasonable the State's position that the body would be returned when soldier Ilan Sa'don's place of burial is revealed – which is in effect using the body as a hostage. Ilan Sa'don's gravesite was revealed in July 1996 and following HaMoked's requests, the body was eventually returned and brought to burial.
