Supreme Court President Yitzchak Amit and Attorney-General Gali Baharav Miara both attacked the government on Monday in their speeches at the annual Israel Bar Association conference.
Baharav-Miara referred to the government as a “regime” that is crushing democracy, and Amit claimed that “judicial independence is under attack in the public and political arena, and sometimes even during court proceedings.”
Justice Minister Yariv Levin responded to Amit’s attack by stating: “What is under a wild attack – is the sovereignty of the people.”
It should be noted that Levin does not recognize Amit’s presidency since his election took place after Baharav-Miara bullied the judicial system into electing him by prohibiting the Judicial Selection Committee from investigating multiple serious allegations against him.
Levin also slammed Amit on a personal basis for his hypocrisy, asking: “And by the way, how can you even speak at a Bar Association conference when you appointed yourself to head the panel that is ruling on the Bar Association’s petition against the law that reduces its membership fees?”
“Well, we’ve gotten used to the fact that you’re flexible with conflict of interest laws as they relate to yourself,” Levin concluded.
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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The Israeli Injustice judicial system
Couldn’t be more corrupt than it is. These lefties will destroy the country from the inside and there won’t be anything left for the Arabs to fight us for
Please add “ISRAEL” to the headline.
I actually agree with the AG for once. The government is undermining democracy.
The question is: what is democracy?
Well, the cover narrative is “by the people, for the people”. The truth: Democracy is a theater that gives the Hoi polloi the IMPRESSION that it is for the people.
That impression is under attach Baruch Hashem. So she is absolutely correct. Hopefully the truth will sink in with the people that the Supreme Court and their handlers are at the top of the hierarchy. The government is below the Supreme Court. And the people are nothing. Like in feudal days of yore.
Anyone who still thinks the people are at the top, the government below the people, and the court below the government, is delusional. If more than 5-10% of people wake up and take action, we can take back the power from the oligarchs. Amen.