The court administration issued a clarification Tuesday morning in light of publications by public figures, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, against judges. "In recent days, offensive statements have been published against judges for carrying out their work," the statement said. "The judiciary views these statements with severity. This is reinforced when these statements are made by senior public figures, who at precisely these times were expected to act to moderate the discourse. Israel's judges rule in accordance with the law, the circumstances of the case and the evidence before them, and will continue to do their work faithfully, fearlessly and impartially, in times of emergency as well as in routine times."
The announcement follows, among other things, Ben-Gvir, who called Judge Arafat Taha of the Nazareth District Court a "domestic enemy" after the latter ordered the release of actress Maysa Abdel Mahdi, who was arrested on suspicion of incitement against Israel. The Public Security Minister also called Judge Ihsan Kanaan, who decided to release Yoav Bar, who was arrested with allegedly inciting materials in his home.
Actress and online influencer Maysa Abdelhadi of Nazareth posted on her Facebook page the Nazi tractor toppling the separation fence as they entered to massacre our elderly and children, and shamelessly wrote, "Let's go Berlin style." And in another post posted by the terror supporter, the abducted elderly woman can be seen on her way to the Nazi tunnels and wrote in Arabic: "This elderly woman... https://t.co/uxjhNV78xP
— Itamar Ben-Gvir (@itamarbengvir) October 25, 2023
No less serious was Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu, the rabbi of Safed, who said the following grave words in a message to soldiers last week regarding the issue of non-involved civilians: "I don't blame the soldiers and the pilots. This is a moral disgrace that has its place in the Supreme Court, which ruled that it is forbidden to harm non-involved civilians. Know this: this is a distorted morality and these judges have to repent for the rest of their lives and then maybe atone in the slightest for one baby who was beheaded, for one girl who was raped because of their distorted morality. We, the soldiers, commanders, officers, generals, need to know that there is divine morality, the morality of the Torah. And he says there is no such thing as uninvolved people."
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