"A judgment of a court of first instance can be appealed in the right to issue a Supreme Court ruling."
Against this background, the Courts Law [Consolidated Version], 5744-1984 (hereinafter: the Courts Law), includes various provisions regarding the manner of filing an appeal against a judgment, and adds that in certain circumstances, it is possible to appeal even decisions that do not fall within the scope of a "judgment".
In particular, section 52 of the Courts Law provides:
")a) A judgment of a magistrate's court can be appealed before a district court.
(b) Another decision of a magistrate's court in a civil matter can be appealed to a district court, if permission to do so has been given by a judge of the district court" (emphases added - Y. A.).
In light of these provisions, it is of particular importance to classify the decision on which the right of appeal is sought as a "different decision" or a "judgment", as well as to classify it as a "civil matter" or a "criminal matter".
Thus, classifying a decision as a "judgment" gives the parties to the proceeding the right to appeal it. However, if a decision is classified as a "different decision", it will be possible to appeal it only if it is a "civil" decision in nature - and even this is with the permission of the court only; However, if the nature of the decision is "criminal", and no special provisions have been established in the law regarding the manner of appealing it, it will be possible to appeal it only in exceptional circumstances before this court sitting as a High Court of Justice (see High Court of Justice 233/85 Ali al-Hozayel v. Israel Police, 39(4) 124 (1985); High Court of Justice 2882/18 Anonymous v. Leumit Health Fund, paragraphs 11-14 [published in Nevo] (May 31,2018); Criminal Appeal Authority 6016/06 Cuban v. State of Israel VAT, Tel Aviv, para. 5 [published in Nevo] (July 17,2007) (hereinafter: the Kuban case); Criminal Appeal 426/87 Shukri v. State of Israel, IsrSC 42(1) 732,735 (1988) (hereinafter: the Shukri case)). However, it should be noted that the respondent has already been heard (through Adv. Granot, who argued on behalf of the respondent in the present proceeding as well), the argument that in exceptional cases the court may deviate from this rule, and allow an appeal against an interim decision in a criminal proceeding (see Criminal Appeal 3996/15 State of Israel v. Anonymous [published in Nevo] (November 10,2015)).