Public Security Minister Amir Ohana’s letter was 'a rankling act of defiance, pointing to a total misconception in the way the respondent perceives his role and authority,' wrote Justice Mazuz in the court's ruling
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Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit warns of attempts by government officials to discredit law enforcement, likening some of the attacks on the justice system to a “blood libel.”
The legal system “encounters attempts to harm the law enforcement system, while spreading false information that sometimes is tantamount to a blood libel,” says Mandelblit.
According to Hebrew media reports, he specifically refers to ministers’ attempts to blame him for a lack of coronavirus testing at the airport over legal reasons, as well as Public Security Minister Amir Ohana’s initial refusal to vaccinate prisoners. I m proud to work at The Times of Israel
Jan. 26, 2021
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin warned on Tuesday of growing tensions between professionals in the civil service and political leaders.
“It appears that they are facing an insufferable breaking point,” he said, noting that the professionals are sometimes disparaged as nothing more than “clerks.”
In remarks at a ceremony at the President’s Residence at which new judges were sworn in, Rivlin singled out Finance Minister Yisrael Katz, who has frequently been critical of the “clerks” in his ministry, and Public Security Minister Amir Ohana, who opposed administering prisoners with the coronavirus vaccine, bucking the position of professionals at his ministry.
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Mohammad Barakeh, former Ra’am MK.
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The demise of the Joint Arab List threatens despite a reconciliation meeting on Sunday night.
Talks between the four parties that make up the alliance have so far failed to close the internal fissures.
“It was not an easy conversation. There will be further discussion and meetings in the coming days. I hope we can move forward, but it’s too early to say whether it will succeed or not,” former Hadash MK Mohammad Barakeh said in a phone call with The Times of Israel.
Barakeh, who hosted the first four-way meeting between party leaders since new elections were called for March, said that the talks dealt with “the relationship between the Arab parties and the government,” without elaborating.
Jan. 25, 2021
Police are preparing for violent protests in the ultra-Orthodox community to continue until the current coronavirus lockdown ends and have beefed up their forces in Jerusalem and the Tel Aviv suburb of Bnei Brak, where most of the recent violence has occurred.
Hundreds of members of the radical ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem Faction rioted in Bnei Brak late Sunday night against police enforcement of coronavirus restrictions. Protesters who had gathered near the city’s central synagogue threw stones at officers, prompting one to fire his gun in the air after he reportedly feared for his life. Hundreds of protesters blocked main roads in the city, and some attacked news teams from Kan 11 public television and Channel 13. Police used stun grenades to try to disperse the crowds.