Adv. Dovid Peter, a prominent Israeli lawyer who has become well-known in recent months for his representation of clients in several High Court hearings, spoke to Galey Yisrael on Thursday about the increasingly frightening situation in Israel— a country held hostage by unelected judicial clerks.

Speaking about the appalling police abuse of Chareidi protesters on Wednesday morning, he said, “This is much more than selective enforcement. There’s no rule of law in Israel—there’s political violence wielded by the law enforcement system. It is political violence in every sense.”

“In other words, the state’s monopoly on the use of force is being employed for political purposes and based on political considerations. I’m saying something extremely serious here, but unfortunately, that’s how I see the situation.

“The one at the head of this system is Attorney Gali Baharav-Miara, who was dismissed by the democratically elected branch, namely the government of Israel, and serves today only because of a judicial order.

“Any system in which the monopoly on power is not in the hands of the citizens or their elected representatives cannot be called a ‘democracy.’ And therefore, we are in a much deeper problem than we’re comfortable admitting,” he concluded.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)