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Bill: Limit Left's High Court petitions
Moran Azulay
Published: 16.11.11, 07:36
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1. about time leftists do nothing but
gal1 ,   israel not palestine   (11.16.11)
hurt this country , good ridance to them
2. #1 gal1
Michael ,   Haifa   (11.16.11)
It is strange that you, as a Jew, have learned nothing at all about fascism. On the other hand, it may be your chosen ideology. In that case remember - Fascist regimes eventually collapse, but they do a hell of lot of damage on the way.
3. Shameful- another undemocratic bill
me_mywhy ,   Herzeliya Israel   (11.16.11)
By de-legitimizing parts of society and hurting their equal rights, Israel loses its legitimacy to boast of itself as the shining beacon of democracy in the middle east.
4. extreme left bring havoc to Israel
Larry ,   Los Angeles   (11.16.11)
The extreme left seems to have unlimited funds to bring to the attention of the press the plight of the Arabs at the hands of the Israelis but failing to note the plight of the Arabs at the hands of their own people. Nothing is needed here more than simple honesty. Honesty in reporting and honesty in demanding equality. Peace Now and B'telem, Rabbis for Peace etc, have shown that they are nothing but fronts for groups that wish to destroy Israel and do not have freedom and equality for all at the center of their agendas, rather to shame Israel in the eyes of the world
5. The Likud is the one putting Israel to shame
cohen, Israel   (11.16.11)
And every one who supports this madness, putting Israel in the same list with states like China,Uzbekistan,Sudan and others.
6. Bad laws
Moshe ,   Rehovot, Israel   (11.16.11)
The reason there are so many petitions to the High Court is that there are so many poorly written laws. If Knesset members actually put in the same amount of work crafting legislation as they do preening for the cameras, the amount of petitions would be cut in half!
7. re #32
Ray ,   germany   (11.16.11)
Interesting comparison, but totally unfitting and stupid. It's an argument that a leftist would use when things stop going there way. I say goes use your leftist funds where needed in Iran, China or Russia it will keep you busy at best and gainfully employed at most.
8. Don't restrict the Left- ban them. They
DT ,   TA Israel   (11.16.11)
would destroy Israel given the chance
9. ban left and right too
mpron ,   galut   (11.16.11)
limit court's jurisdiction
10. Series of 'anti-democratic' proposals?
Paul ,   Jerusalem   (11.16.11)
Just the opposite these bills save democracy from being abused by Israelis who have sold themselves to foreign enemies. It puts a stop to 'career- Leftists' who think they are saving the world by reversing Jewish success and security by strengthening the EU, Islam and socialist American groups.
11. before you use Fascism in an argument
Golan ,   Modiin   (11.16.11)
learn what the movement was before you throw the term around. Fascism was a non-political political (also anti war like peace now and Gush shalom) movement demanding special privileges outside the law. these bills "punish" or exposes both the right or the left. Only the Left does not like it because the Leftist groups use foreign money to damage the state. That Leftist group can still use foreign money to damage the state but will have to pay 45% tax doing so (so would the right.) If this is fascism so are elections. After all that is how the German Fascist movement (like Mapai) was elected into office once... no? Oh and Fascist governments had a head of state... like a president Shimon Peres or Yzthak Rabin. So I guess having President Peres or PM Rabin (once or twice) is fascist. oh and fascist political parties also loved technology. So having an ipod ipad or an imac is fascist too. oh and fascists also ran the labor union so the histadrut is fascist. Hitler also had a nose... those who disagree with me also have noses.
12. About time! But you can't get it done, remember the supreme
Meretz Rules ,   Supreme Court   (11.16.11)
court has more power than than the knesset...and the supreme court elects "their own". The good ole boys club. Essentially tiny meretz which barely gets 3 seats in government (i.e. leads than 3% of the population) rules the country!
13. #8 after they ban the left they will ban u! is that ok?
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14. #3, #5, #6
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (11.16.11)
Your opinion is based on not knowing the background of the bill. Foreign-funded Shalom Achshav went to the High Court alleging Jewish homes were illegally built on Arab-owned land. Without any proof, the court destroyed the Jewish homes. Later it turned out that no Arab had any claim to the land and the Jewish homes were legal. This law is the epitome of democracy,
15. @10 & what about the money ElAd gets?
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ElAd is the NGO which runs the City of David excavation site. Are you aware that ElAd receives as much money from abroad as the that received by the first four left wing organizations on the Knesset's ban list! So let's ban ElAd from getting donations for their work too...its only fair...don't you think?!
16. @11 thank u for explaining how Israel Beitanu works!
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17. This is the Israeli Spring folks!!! We've got the Lunatics
tom ,   tel aviv   (11.16.11)
on the Left on the run!! Get them wherever we can. They've been soaking the very fabric of our society with their pseudeo-intellectual , bolshevik, pro -islamofascistic ideology for long -long time. Now it's: "kyschta".....
18. Is this Israel, China, Russia or North Korea?
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (11.16.11)
Yes, the Lefties are hurting the country but so are the Extreme and no so Extreme Righties. The Likud are isolating Israel more every day and these MK's would do well pausing for a moment and remembering the Nuremberg Laws!
19. @17 what r u talking about? how many years total...
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has the right been in power? Until when are you and your ilk going to blame the left for your failed policies and inability to properly run Israel?
20. litmus test
i ,   jerusalem   (11.16.11)
When fools run hogwild in the public square, yelling "Democracy Democracy!" in places where there is little claim to democracy, just follow the money and the agendas. The NGOs are fearing for their dash cow, the governments that fund them are fearing for their pawns, the US is fearing for its facilities to throw elections. The fools themselve are fearing for their so called enlightened society.
21. What all this fuss about?
Igor ,   Israel, T"A   (11.16.11)
About money? I was sure before that our ultra-leftists love freedom and democracy. Now I see all they want is good funding. Love for money usually called prostitution.
22. #19: So what? The Supreme Court& enlightened media/news-
tom ,   tel aviv   (11.16.11)
channels are/were the real rulers of this land. The voting public is just a herd to be steered in the "right" direction under pretense of democracy. Unfortunately it is the Love& Peace, 60's generation that is in power these days(in many instances). Just as they were clueless as teenagers& youg "revolutionaries" then, they remain clueless in the face of the real, unforgiving world of today. Useful idiots must be stopped at every cost. Slowly the voting Israelis are getting their voice and wishes heard, about time too!
23. The price of democracy
Barry ,   Boston   (11.16.11)
You may think that by banning the voices on the left you are making Israel stronger. The opposite is true. It might be nice to have only the views of the right heard. However, the rest of the world including the U.S. Jewish community will see an anti-democratic government. This can't be good.
24. Public housing for battered women
Ziva Cohen ,   Ashdod Israel   (11.16.11)
Don't take women out of their homes - it disrupts the family and takes away any hope of re-educating their men. Public housing for battered women is the wrong way to go.
25. Tom in TLV: obviously u don't know Israeli history...
Avner ,   Israel   (11.16.11)
because if you did you would have been honest and answered #19's questions. At the rate you are going eventually you will blame the Israeli left for every traffic accident which occurs in here! Really do yourself a favor get down from your rhetoric and into learning Israeli history.
26. Lunacy
John R ,   NYC USA   (11.16.11)
Why doesn't the right wing government simply pass a bill which mandates a minimum 10 year prison sentence for anyone that is critical of its policies? Why pretend you have a democracy?Why try to pass bills which will inevitably change the court makeup to ideologue right wing judges? You ignore judicial rulings anyway. Is this really what Israel's founding fathers envisioned as a country? How do you think you look to the rest of the world?
27. #2. It is not fascist to protect Israel from extreme left.
Chaim ,   Israel   (11.16.11)
#2. The "fascist" argument is a ridiculous straw man which proves the intellectual bankrupcy of Israel's far left. There is nothing fascist about protecting Israel from the far left; which damages Israel in countless ways. Israel is a centre right country and deserves centre right governments and centre right laws. Not ludicrous, destructive laws imposed upon Israel; to Israel's enormous detriment and against the wishes of the vast majority of Israelis.
28. Why bother?
Mike ,   Miami, USA   (11.17.11)
Just pass a law saying it's a crime to say anything negative about Israel. You've almost succeeded in making it a crime to criticize Israel in the West by labeling every criticism as ant--semitic. Why not in Israel?
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