The driver of Justice Minister Yariv Levin on Tuesday changed the lock on the office of Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, preventing her from entering.
Levin’s office did not deny the incident, stating: “This claim is nothing short of absurd. The locks in the Minister’s Tel Aviv office were indeed changed. The office belongs to the Minister, not to Attorney Baharav-Miara.”
The statement added: “Her attempt to make unauthorized use of the Minister’s office is yet another example of puzzling behavior from someone already dismissed from her position.”
Opposition leader Yair Lapid sharply criticized the act: “While hostages are dying in Gaza and the IDF is fighting for our lives, the Justice Minister is acting like a common criminal, violating clear court rulings. At Israel’s most difficult hour, we have a government of draft-dodgers, corrupt individuals, and lawbreakers.”
While the office in question is officially under the jurisdiction of the Justice Minister, it has for years served as a satellite workspace for the Attorney General.
Last week, the government approved Levin’s proposal to dismiss Baharav-Miara, but the Supreme Court has frozen the move pending a ruling on petitions filed against it.
1 comment:
LIke the TV show "Succession", there are no good guys here.
On one hand, there is the principle of democracy. The Knesset should be the supreme legislating body and the Supreme Court should be limited to examining only those laws which are chllanged in court and don't comply with a strict reading of the Basic Laws. Otherwise, Israel is a secular Iran with an elected parliament and aun unaccountable ideological council above it that really runs the show.
On the other hand, this is the most incompetent, corrupt government in Israeli history. All Likud's coalition partners are run by idiots or criminals with narrow agendas that couldn't care less about the good of the country. So the Court is needed to reign them him lest they accidentally drive the country into a wall.
So who does one side with?
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