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Court serving the government
Haim Misgav
Published: 19.10.05, 23:59
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1. Hire Jews for the "supreme" court, get the "palestinians"
Bunnie Meyer ,   Santa Monica, CA   (10.20.05)
out of those black robes and send them to Gaza. As my college professor quoted, "Power corrupts and absolute power absolutely corrupts. (Author unknown to me.)
2. Sour Grapes
Norman Gellman ,   Rehovot, Isreal   (10.20.05)
Your whole article sounds like right wing sour grapes. You obviously did not like the decisions of the court so you intimate corruption with out any reasonable proof. Your accusation by similarity shows that you are not happy with the government as well. Supreme court justices in the U.S serve for their entire life or until they decide to retire, this reduces the pressure that may be put on them by threat of not getting reappointed. What needs to be reined in is the game being played by the right wing to discredit all branches of government
3. Excellent
Danny ,   Dimona   (10.20.05)
Finally someone saying what needs to be said.
4. Friend brings a friend, Kempler video
David Rutstein ,   Jerusalem   (10.20.05)
Maybe people out there do not know but the system of appointing judges in Israel is "Friend brings a friend." Ben Gurion appointed judges 57 years ago and when a new judge is appointed it is the existing judges who make the the decision who to appoint. Sure, Israel is a democracy in the Knesset. The judiacary is more like an oligarchiy. The oligarchical form of judiciary is the reason that the killers of Yitzhak Rabin are walking around free. Any living person who sees the Kempler video or the legal file from the trial knows this. This is Israel's worst kept secret. What does an Israeli politician look like when he lies? look at his face when the politician talks about the Rabin murder.
5. restructure the high court
john genauer ,   new york   (10.20.05)
Yes. Under constitutional guides choose Noble Jews to preserve a noble nation.
6. A GOOD THING IN SUPREME COURT MAY BE LOST
MOSHE LEOR ,   MEITAR iSRAEL   (10.23.05)
wHAT i WANT TO SAY IS THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO LYNCH jUDGE oSNAT aLON lAUFER, THE ONLY JUDGE WHOEVER HELPED ME. aND SHE IS HONOURABLE. i AM 15, NO ONE LISTENS BECAUSE OF MY AGE BUT I AM NOT SOME DUMBE KID. I HAVE BEEN IN COURT HERE AND ABROAD MY WHOLE LIFE. ISRAEL IS MY COUNTRY. I AM ISRAELI THIS JUDGE SAVED ME AND GAVE ME A LIFE HERE 7 YEARS AGO. I WILL NEVER FORGET IT. GET THE BAD ONES OUT OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM BUT KEEP THE GOOD ONES. THEY SAY SHE WAS CHECKING TO SEE IF HER SPOUSE WAS CHEATING. I AM AN EXCELLENT STUDENT AND WOULD WANT TO KNOW IF MY GIRLFRIEND WAS CHEATING ON ME, WOULDNT YOU? WOULDN'T YOU cHECK IT OUT? AND IF I DID WHAT THEY ALLEGE SHE DID SHOULD I BE KICKED OUT OF SCHOOL? hER PRIVATE LIFE HAS GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE GOOD JOB SHE DOES. I GIVE YOU MY PERMISSION TO LOOK AT MY TEEK, LOOK AT ALL OF HER TEEKIM AND FIGHT FOR HER JUSTICE. I WRITE TO EVERYONE WHEN I SEE THIS BAD STUFF WRITTEN ABOUT HER AND NO ONE ANSWERS. MOST JUDGES ARE BAD AND CORRUPT, I KNOW I LIVED THROUGH IT AND STILL DO. BUT THIS HAPPENS ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WANT SOMEONE TO ANSWER ME AND TALK TO ME ABOUT THIS, AND I WANT PEOPLE TO HELP HER CAUSE SHE HELPED ME
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