A tiny group of right-wing Im Tirtzu activists held a protest outside the home of Supreme Court President Esther Hayut on Wednesday morning.
The unique low-cost protest consisted of a feigned delivery of bananas for “Esty the Queen” of the Banana Republic that Israel has turned into, with the Supreme Court holding more power than any democracy throughout the world.
Most recently, Hayut made a decision that the Supreme Court has the power to interfere with Israel’s Basic Laws, an unprecedented view that is disputed by most legal scholars including former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak and former attorney-general Avichai Mandelblit. In fact, Mandelblit said that even if the Supreme Court had the power to strike down a Basic Law, it would destroy Israel’s democracy. Hayut is the first Supreme Court president since the establishment of the State to even debate a Basic Law.
Im Tirtzu is a non-profit organization that works to strengthen Jewish and Zionist values in Israel.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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5 Responses
How are they permitted to disturb her in her private space? They aren’t left wing anarchists who are protecting democracy?
She is a judge in Israel which means she is not to be questioned or disturbed!
The Prime Minister is one thing, do whatever you want to him. But a judge? That’s crossing the line!
This seems to me like a ideology kind of thing that is not going to do it but the bananas looked very fresh maybe they was from keren lisrael also who was the first guy out of that house was that her husband but you can’t fight army hatred with fancy words and nice life
In all fairness, the Israel Supreme Court’s claim to powers that are unheard of elsewhere appear to be based on the traditional role of a Beis Din within a traditional Jewish community. The distinction is that if a Beis Din were run by apikoresim, people would simply ignore them, plus no one ever claimed that traditional Jewish communities were “democratic” (small “d”). The major forces governing Jewish communities traditionally were aristocracy (based on Torah scholarship), oligarchy (based on rich people trying to run things, and being expected to pay for most public services), and most importantly a deep respect for rule of law (Torah law, much to the consternation of “secular” elements).
akuperma:
No, that is not “in all fairness” but rather delusional. It is for power. Period.
The Zionists hate Torah and, of course, have always sought to replace it. So, no, they are not taking inspiration from, lihavdil elef havdalos, what a B”D might do.
The Zionists are also thugs.
Put those two factors together, and this is one result.
In sanity, the Supreme Court couldn’t give half a flying schnitzel what traditional Judaism said or says.
In all fairness, the rights’ protests may have been based on traditional Torah values of “uviarta hara mikerbecha.” And “tzedek tzedek tirdof.” And “naaseh Vinishma.”