And the danger lurks among the legal fraternity
By Caroline Glick, Special to the Sun | March 12, 2021
In a week and a half, Israel's polling stations will open and Israelis will elect their representatives to the Knesset for the fourth time in two years. As was the case in the last three elections, the upcoming elections revolve around one issue -- Israel's legal fraternity.
All aspects of public life in Israel today are dictated by the attorney general and the Supreme Court, which have devoured the powers of the Knesset and the government. Over the years, the legal fraternity has acted through judicial and bureaucratic fiat to cancel the checks and balances on its power.
Today, the attorney general and the court justices determine their own powers. Not surprisingly, as far as both are concerned, their powers are unlimited.
Whether the issue is deciding who is a Jew, public funding of cultural institutions, public health policy, land use, economic priorities, open fire orders, immigration policy, counter-terror policies, or other questions from the mundane to the existential, the only decision makers in Israel are the attorney general and the Supreme Court justices. Elected leaders are, at best, advisors.
To preserve and protect their powers, the attorney general and the justices have the state prosecution. The attorney general’s role as head of the state prosecution gives him the power to strike terror in the hearts of Israel’s elected leaders. They know that he holds the power to open criminal probes against them whenever he wishes........To Read More.....
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