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| How Biden Subverts Israeli Democracy |
| 2023-03-07 |
| In case you missed it in today's Israel Times article from TW, comments and string. [Gatestone] The Movement for Quality Government (MQG) in Israel is the far-left organization at the epicenter of the Israeli left's war against the Netanyahu government. MQG began its current campaign of delegitimization, subversion and demonization immediately after the Netanyahu government was sworn into office on December 29. The next day, MQG petitioned the Supreme Court to prevent Shas leader Aryeh Deri from serving as a minister in the government. There was no legal basis for the petition. But that didn't bother the lawyers at MQG. In its petition, MQG claimed that the terms of a plea deal Deri reached with the State Prosecution last year on tax reporting errors barred him from serving as a minister. Never mind that nothing in the plea deal stipulated anything of the sort or that 400,000 Israeli voters cast their ballots for Shas with the full expectation that Deri would serve as a senior minister. Like MQG, the Supreme Court justices didn't bother giving a legal basis for their decision to act on MQG's petition and bar Deri from serving as a cabinet minister. The justices said Deri's appointment was "unreasonable," and with a stroke of a pen, the court retroactively disenfranchised Shas voters. Building on its success, late last month MQG submitted a new petition asking the justices to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. As in the case of Deri, MQG's petition is based on a political rather than a legal argument. MQG argues that as a criminal defendant, Netanyahu is unfit to serve. The premier, MQG insists, is acting with a conflict of interest by overseeing judicial reforms while on trial. And as a result, the justices should declare him unfit and remove him from office. Never mind that the justices have a conflict of interest since it is their powers the government's proposed reforms would check. Never mind that in a bid to prevent politicized judges and prosecutors from overturning the will of the voters, the law explicitly permits prime ministers to serve not only while standing trial, but even if convicted. And never mind that the charges against Netanyahu have fallen apart in Jerusalem District Court. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2023-03-07 12:46 |
| #2 Make noises like you support Israel while all your actions demonstrate total antipathy is the Obama policy. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-03-07 12:07 |
| #1 After subverting democracy in America why would anyone be surprised of them doing it in other countries. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-03-07 07:02 |