Israel's Eric Holder
Moshe Feiglin: The leftist who is the most radical of radicals, the man who took advantage of his public service position to promote a distinctly political agenda and illegally amassed ever-increasing power, was appointed yesterday to be Israel's next Attorney General. The selection of Shai Nitzan, the successor of Taliah Sasson in the blatantly political division of the Justice Department cryptically known as the "Department for Special Functions" has made a mockery of the very foundation upon which the justice system rests: public trust. This appointment proves once again that the justice system cannot heal itself. Instead, it has buried the most basic function of a state: its ability to judge its inhabitants. The Knesset must wake up and ensure that the selection of judges and justice system heads is transferred to the elected representatives of the public. This will be an important step in restoring public trust in Israel's legal structure. It will also save Israel's justice system, for the good of us all.Much of the Israeli public has less trust in the state's prosecution system than it has in anything else. This nomination won't help that lack of trust. You want to know why the State chased Avigdor Liberman for 17 years? Why it arrested the most recent Ashkenazic chief rabbi yesterday on 'corruption' charges? This is why. Because we have a prosecution system that is inherently biased.
Labels: attorney general, government corruption, Shai Nitzan
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 1:56 PM
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