Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish and Justices Miriam Naor and Ester Hayut denied the petition filed by the Almagor Terror Victims Organization demanding to overturn the decision to release 20 female Palestinian prisoners in exchange for a sign of life from captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit.

In their ruling, the justices wrote that the decision is of an unmistakable political nature which is subject to the government’s jurisdiction and consideration.