A new cartoon by illustrator Yoni Gerstein, which will be published tomorrow in the organ of the Flag of the Torah party, Yated Ne'eman, presents a picture showing a High Court judge in a military plane bombing the Knesset.
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Chairman of the ultra-Orthodox Degel HaTorah party, Moshe Gafni, referred to the High Court ruling on the issue of the law of incapacitation, saying that "the Gemara says, 'There is no quorum for the public unless we reign in public.' No one appointed the justices of the Supreme Court to run the country, and they don't understand it either. It is appropriate, in times of war, to overcome the disagreements in the public and within the court and unite on non-controversial issues."
The cartoon of President Hayut by illustrator Or Reichert, photo: from the print edition of the seventh newspaper
The cartoon in question comes after the national-religious weekly Shevi'i published a cartoon showing former Supreme Court President Esther Hayut sticking a flag into a soldier's back.
The cartoon, which shows Esther Hayut sticking a court flag in the back of the soldier, who was apparently killed, was published on the Twitter page of illustrator Or Reichert, and also appeared in the digital edition of the weekly, which will be published tomorrow in its printed version. Following the publication of the cartoon, the legal advisor of the court administration, Adv. Barak Leiser, contacted the weekly following the publication in the media and demanded that its managers take action to remove it from all media.
The head of the Israel Bar Association, Adv. Amit Bahar, also asked Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara to open a criminal investigation for incitement and sedition.
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