Tel Aviv, Sept. 7 -- Israel's highest court ruled on Sunday that the state is failing to provide Palestinian security prisoners with enough food to survive in Israeli jails. In a 2-1 decision, the High Court of Justice ordered the government to ensure meals sufficient for a "basic existence," concluding that current conditions fall short of legal obligations.

The case was brought last year by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI) and Gisha, who accused National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the Israel Prison Service (IPS) of intentionally cutting rations to dangerously low levels. The petitioners argued that the policy amounted to deliberate starvation.

Judges Daphne Barak-Erez, Ofer Grosskopf, and David Mintz agreed...