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Likud MK convicted of bribery
Vered Luvitch
Published: 13.02.06, 12:40
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1. TO JAIL - AND FORFEIT HER STATE PENSION!!!
RF ,   ISRAEL   (02.13.06)
But knowing how our govmnt works, she is a shoe-in for the next Knesset.
2. What party does she belong to..?
Edan ,   Beer Sheva   (02.13.06)
Oh thats right , Likud...What a suprise!!
3. blumenthal
shmuel rabin ,   tel aviv   (02.13.06)
A disgrace to the Likud!One of many power hungry politicians who should be put in jail.
4. Please put her in prison - for at least 10 years
(02.13.06)
Disgusting politician.
5. She'll get off easy....and
Andy   (02.13.06)
judging from that mother-of-the-bar-mitzvah-boy smile, she already knows it. What a disgrace.
6. high courts and most of the knesset are also corrupt
Juke ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (02.13.06)
Hmm, I'm surprise she didn't join Kadimah with the other crooks. The time is ripe to dismantle the high courts and Knesset and put replace it with a honest entity.
7. Funny how Justice is handed down in this country!
Michelle ,   Israel   (02.13.06)
Our last president received bribes in excess of $900,000 and was not convicted, Peres received bribes of $100,000 to $300,000 with not a peep from the police, an ex-army general sexually harrasses women in his comand and gets a slap on the wrist, Sharon and his sons accept bribes in the millions and see no punishment the list goes on and on its amazing how corrupt the judicial system is in this country!!
8. What party do Peres, Itzik, Hanegbi, Sharon, Avraham, Aflelo
(02.13.06)
Belong to, thats right, Kadima! selective punishment? not in our schools.
9. Yuli Tamir got away with her violations
ilan ,   Ariel   (02.13.06)
Tamir when heading the Rabin Center (which recieves public funds) used center sponsored and subsidized weekends to solicit support for her candidacy. You would think that public funds going to bribe people to vote violations would be an even more serious violation, but that doesn't apply in Israel. The left has it's friends as Itzchak Herzog would gladly testify about. If he wasn't invoking his right to silence!!
10. She's Likud?!
Michael Steiner   (02.13.06)
Likud!!? I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! I'm astounded and dismayed. Astonished and stunned. LIKUD == CRIMINALS, FASCISTS AND THE CORRUPT
11. hmmmm
zalman ,   tsfat, israel   (02.13.06)
judge outraged over 2600dollar hotel bill but all the others go free over hundreds of thousands and millions of dollars. this really stinks !
12. Selective Stiener, read comment #10
Desperate Israeli   (02.13.06)
Your beloved mufti and his successor are both corrupted to the core, haposel be mumo posel ever heard of that?
13. What is Ruchama Avraham up to?
Ilan ,   Ariel   (02.13.06)
The "rising star" of Kadima who recently made news for her recent junket trips (just a favor from a friend)? Let's see. She directed 14 million NIS to Arad coincidently as the mayor decided to support Qadima. A bribe? Perish the thought. 14 million is chump change for Kadima. They deal in serious money and in selling out the country as a whole.
14. Why would Israeli politican be different from the rest ?
Hiram ,   tel aviv   (02.13.06)
Let s face it !!!! One comes in politics for Power , money and perks.....why would Israeli politicians be different from all of those , everyhere, who are using the money entrusted to them to satisfy their own tastes ? When in a country like Israel, the numbers are published about people living below poverty level it is very difficult to keep hope that any politician will fight for " anyc cause" different from its own . Israeli politicians are as crooked as they are in the rest of the world.....SO let's not talk anymore about " jewish values"...Crooks are crooks...regardless where they live ...and which God they do honor !
15. What a Travesty
Sam ,   US   (02.14.06)
Political justice that would make a South American banana republic proud. To convict Blumenthal for such small chump change, while letting Hundreds Of Thousands and Millions of dollars (not Shekels), is FARCICAL (it's a facre). The Praclitut and the Court system is absolutely, positively biased. P.S. A cousin of mine is a member of Israel's Supreme Court
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