Supreme Court President Esther Hayut. (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
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Supreme Court Justice Esther Hayut bashed Justice Minister Amir Ohana on Thursday, stating his comments could throw Israel into anarchy.
“It is important for me to tell you that in my opinion, the fact that a justice minister in the State of Israel, on his inauguration day, chooses to share with us an unprecedented and irresponsible legal outlook, In other words, every litigant can now, with the blessings of the justice minister, choose which judgment to uphold and which to not,” Hayut said. “I want to say only one thing about this, this is the short road to anarchy.“
On Wednesday, Ohana told Channel 12 that he is ready to disobey rulings by the High Court of Justice if they go against his view of what is necessary to keep Israel’s citizens safe.
In his first interview since he was appointed justice minister last week, Ohana also made controversial statements about the corruption cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He said that he continues to support a bill to give Netanyahu immunity from prosecution while he remains in office, as well as a bill to circumvent the High Court’s ability to veto Knesset laws.
Furthermore, while he refused to criticize Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit’s February 28 announcement of his likely intent to indict Netanyahu, he said that he stood by his previous statements, including that Mandelblit had been pressured by his prosecution team into going after Netanyahu against his better judgment.
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