הפרשה שאסורה לפרסום בישראל: חשד שראש לשכת עורכי הדין אפי נוה הפעיל רשת של אנשים שדאגה לקדם שופטים ועורכי דין, תמורת שוחד או טובות הנאה חשיפה: השופטת החשודה שקודמה לתפקידה דרך מיטתו של אפי נוה היא אתי כרייף מבית משפט השלום בנתניה UPDATE: As if the rest of this story wasn't bad enough...Israeli media are now reporting (without naming Naveh) that he … [Read more...]
Israel’s Nation State Law Seals the Death of Democracy
Let's get one thing out of the way first. This is not a Nation State law or a Jewish Nation State law. It is a Death to Democracy law. A Jewish Theocracy law. Israel is now no different from your average Muslim or Buddhist (Burma) or Sinhalese nation-state, which privileges one religion over another. It is little different from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or … [Read more...]
Israel: the Garrison State
NOTE: If you frequent progressive websites like Think Progress, the Nation or others, you may've read that their web traffic has been substantially reduced due to an adjustment Google made in its algorithm to downgrade websites dealing with controversial political subjects. I've done some general research on Tikun Olam's site traffic over the past eight … [Read more...]
Israel’s Chief Justice Aware Netanyahu Crony Offered Bribe, Never Reported It
The chief justice of the Israeli Supreme Court, Esther Hayut, heard from a fellow judge, Hila Gerstel, that Bibi crony, Nir Hefetz, had offered her a bribe. Gerstel approached Hayut after the bribery attempt (the former was offered the job of attorney general if she would drop charges against Sara Netanyahu) and neither one ever breathed a word of it to the … [Read more...]
