Friedmann: Supreme Court Worse Than UN Security Council
(IsraelNN.com) Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann stood behind his earlier statements, in which he said that Israel was in a better position defending itself before international bodies than in the Supreme Court.
"What I said was true," he told Yediot Acharonot. "One can even compare the High Court to the Security Council, the only UN body that has operative authority. The High Court issues decrees. It commands the government what to do and not to do."
"The Security Council does not give us commands," he said. "The High Court gives commands every day. One day it outlaws the "neighbor procedure," another day it decides what the [security] fence's route will be. Do this, do that."
Friedmann: Soldiers, Sderot Residents Have Human Rights
(IsraelNN.com) "We must remember that IDF soldiers and Sderot residents have human rights too," Justice Minister Daniel Friedmann said in a Friday interview. "If the alternative to cutting down the supply of fuel is sending soldiers into Gaza, we must remember that the soldiers who will be killed also have human rights."
"No one knows if [cutting off electricity] will reduce terror or not," he said, "no one is sure. But it is best to try it before using less humane means… There is a war of attrition there. The other side is worn out too. Anyone who thinks they are not having a hard time is wrong."
Friedmann: 'Supreme Court Behaving Like Religious Party
(IsraelNN.com) "The Supreme Court is behaving like a political party," Justice Minister Friedmann said in a Friday interview for Yediot Acharonot. "In fact, it is behaving like a party with a religious character. It does things that I do not believe any Western court would dare do: it disseminates propaganda, lobbies journalists and Knesset members, had meetings with Knesset members.
"The lobby hurts the court's neutrality. There is a situation in which some parties are with it and some are not. Then these parties file petitions to the High Court," he said, presumably hinting that the outcome of the petitions is connected with the degree of favor the parties enjoy in the court's eyes.
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