The High Court: The hospitals have no authority to prevent a person from entering with leavened food on Passover. Smotrich protests: "High Court continues to destroy Jewish state principles". Justices Uzi Fogelman and Ofer Grosskopf ruled (Thursday) that the sweeping ban on bringing food into the medical centers during the holiday violates fundamental rights, especially the autonomy of the individual and religious freedom. It was further ruled that the prohibition violates the patient's dignity and recognition of his right to self-determination and the exercise of his choices and preferences. "We hope that those involved will find a way to preserve and protect the delicate human fabric that characterizes hospitals, which welcome patients of all walks of Israeli society and responsible for providing equitable service that puts the health and well-being of every patient at the center," Judge Fogelman wrote. Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich strongly criticized the High Court's decision. "The High Court continues to destroy the principles of the Jewish state and imposes abnormal progressive principles undemocratically and without authority," the minister said. "And in general, the High Court seems to be running the state and making more and more decisions in a way that is tarnishes the democratic system of and by the people." Source: Walla! News