On Salah a-Din Street, no voice was heard against the culture of lies and concealment in the Ministry of Justice - not even after the recent exposure.
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Shai use
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Gideon Markovich
"There are many types of courage. It takes a lot of courage to resist our enemies but no less to resist our friends."
Albus Dumbledore, from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.
When we accompanied the Governance and Democracy Movement to the Prosecution Review Commission, a long chain of attorneys appeared before the Knesset's Constitution Committee, explaining to Knesset members that attorneys, those who bravely fight crime families, should not be given more power by the capitalists to file complaints and criticisms.
Shai Nitzan himself showed up and told of "threatened lawyers who go on guard duty 24 hours a day" who should be respected, appreciated, and most importantly, avoided overly biting criticism towards them.
The courage of the attorneys to fight against dangerous criminals is indeed commendable.
Also the courage to file indictments against powerful and influential people.
But this courage is needed to fight against the enemies of the State of Israel.
Dealing with terrorism and crime to the issue.
It seems that many, many times, this courage has been used to fight against those who have been identified by the prosecution as an enemy.
The enemy of the State Attorney's Office.
This is how the prosecutors went out with great courage against Hila Gerstel, who dared to criticize the prosecutor's office and its leader.
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This is how they came out with great courage against Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, who sought to enact the Audit Law.
Thus, they came out with great courage against Justice Minister Amir Ohana for daring to use his authority under the law and appoint a deputy state attorney or set up a DIP inquiry committee. But that courage is probably not enough to make a clear voice against the corrupt corporate culture.
No brave voices were heard against the culture of lies and concealment, which was alleged in Amit Segal's interrogation yesterday.
No brave voices were heard against the allegedly forged transcripts in the 4000 case, or against allegations of dismissal of witnesses and disruption of court proceedings in the Maya Forman Reznik case.
It is precisely on this issue that the voice of the courageous prosecutors is silenced.
The findings in the investigation did not surprise those who have accompanied the criticism of the State Attorney's Office in recent years, but the really scary part was the reaction phase.
The person who submitted the responses to the investigation probably believes that the heroes of the prosecution, who do not shy away from a crime family, who are not afraid of terrorism or capital-tying ties, will tremble with fear and align with the worst acts and the most blatant lies.
None of the senior prosecutors will step forward and say "I can no longer, this is a lie".
There are no brave ones in the State Attorney's Office, because there is no one there who will turn a fraction of the courage directed towards the enemies, real or imagined, to oppose "friends" and say in a clear voice: This is not our way!
The culture of lies must stop.
There are no brave ones in the prosecution, which is scary.
very scary.