 The petition to the court was submitted on behalf of five villages that are currently trapped in an enclave created by the existing route of the barrier.The court also ruled that the Advisory Opinion issued by the International Court of Justice in The Hague (which relates to the legal status of the barrier) is not legally binding in Israel.The ruling is the second principled ruling regarding the route of the separation barrier (the first was a ruling on the case of Beit Sourik).