The Court’s judgment in the case of HCJ 1355/08 Shorfa v Defense Minister (judgment of 28 September 2008) concerning a petition against the Defense Minister’s decision under Regulation 84(2)(b) of the Defense Regulations (State of Emergency) 1945, to issue a confiscation order against a container full of clothes and backpacks that was delivered to a trader in the Gaza Strip from his son in China. The Court examined the secret material which constituted the basis for the Defense Minister’s decision to confiscate the container. The judgment states that from the material the justices were able to discern that the delivery…