Israel's coalition is looking to get rid of the attorney general and the Shin Bet chief, to put the ultra-Orthodox at ease and to systematically discredit Justice Isaac Amit. 'Law' is something that the government has a hard time with in any number of areas 🧵 By Yossi Verter - ThreadSky | a Reddit-style client for Bluesky

voices4justice.bsky.social • 35 days ago

Israel's coalition is looking to get rid of the attorney general and the Shin Bet chief, to put the ultra-Orthodox at ease and to systematically discredit Justice Isaac Amit. 'Law' is something that the government has a hard time with in any number of areas 🧵

By Yossi Verter

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voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Now, he has stabbed her and twisted the knife.

In his embarrassing crawl toward the Likud party, there is no price he is unwilling to pay. "In a place where there are no men, try to be a man," Pirkei Avot say. He has stopped trying long ago.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

"I learned from my mistakes," he explained. With this, he completed the accelerated process of becoming a full-blown Bibi-ist. In the months he's had in government, he has systematically changed – from a supporter and admirer of Baharav Miara, he has become a mean and sarcastic critic.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

And on the topic of pretend-statesmanship: Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar was quick to announce Wednesday evening that he supports the ousting of the attorney general that he appointed, and of which he felt proud (until the moment before he joined the government of failure.)

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

On Wednesday, Netanyahu exhibited a rare moment of statesmanship, when he delivered a respectful farewell speech to the outgoing Chief of Staff, Herzl Halevi. The moment passed very quickly.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Netanyahu has returned from his visit to U.S. President Donald Trump (who is making similar moves in the United States) and is keen on doing the same, here.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Threats, slander, lies, incitement. One step at a time, under the auspices of war, under the auspices of the hostage talks, the government is advancing its goals of changing the face of the country.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

The mafia led by Netanyahu cannot fire Justice Amit, so it is focusing on systematically discrediting him, on the one hand, and on the other, on promoting legislation in the Knesset that will harm the independence of the Supreme Court and the entire legal system.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Bar, the second gatekeeper, was explicitly told by the prime minister's office that he must resign. It was hinted that if he did not, he would be fired. Those threatening him include those being investigated by the Shin Bet on suspicion of illicit ties with Qatar, an enemy state.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

oftentime seemingly psychotic, person held office. His letter Wednesday night to the cabinet secretary was riddled with insults, crude curses and ugly slurs against the attorney general. This is his style, this is the essence of the man: complete scum, a complete failure.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

But the high priest of hatred and hostility towards the rule of law and its representatives is determined to complete the work of destroying the state that he failed to accomplish in the coup.

Never in the history of the Israeli government has such a dangerous,

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Levin is one of those chiefly responsible for the judicial overhaul, which weakened Israel and undercuts the army's deterrence, thereby contributing to Hamas' October 7 attack. If he had it in himself even a drop of integrity (and shame), he would have dropped out of public life.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

But with rare courage and endless patience, she didn't break. Now, the government of the coup and massacre has no choice but to try and formally oust her. This is a long process that is expected to end, as usual, in the High Court of Justice. Its chances of success do not seem good.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Netanyahu, Levin and nearly all the rest of the ministers and members of the coalition have tried over the past 26 months to make the attorney general's life miserable so that she would quit at her own initiative.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Just let us get through the Knesset's spring recess, say the prime minister's people to their ultra-Orthodox partners, and when lawmakers reconvene for the summer, after Independence Day, Baharav-Miara will no longer be around to disturb us.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Soon, we'll force her out and put in her place a non-entity, who will let us pass a draft-evasion law for the glory of Mea Shearim.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

"Law" is something that the government has a hard time with in any number of areas. The starting of the dismissal process right now is designed to show them how serious Netanyahu is and reassure them that the government's heart is in the right place:

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

The attorney general on Wednesday sent a sharply worded letter to Defense Minister Israel Katz (who is trying to create a false impression that the law he supports will lead to a significant recruitment of tens of thousands of draft evaders) demanding compliance with the law's requirements.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

if it isn't, the government will fall. Many Haredi lawmakers are demanding a complete exemption from conscription before that.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

She has prevented, and is still preventing, hundreds of illegal and criminal moves the government has sought to undertake.

The timing of Levin's move cannot be separated from coalition politics. By March 24, the state budget must be approved by the Knesset;

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

Baharav-Miara is the chief prosecutor in the Netanyahu trial, the cross-examination stage of which is just a few weeks away. In addition, she has insisted the law be enforced in regard to the Haredi draft, and the imposition of financial sanctions on those who refused to serve.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

in some traditional media.

The campaign has been led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, through a gang of angels of destruction, chief among them Justice Minister Yariv Levin. On Wednesday night, Levin, on behalf of his boss, began the process of ousting the attorney general.

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

They are Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara, Shin Bet security service head Ronen Bar and Supreme Court President Isaac Amit.

These three have faced a campaign of incitement and slander on a scale never before seen by the government and its Knesset representatives on social media and

voices4justice.bsky.social•35 days ago

There are three people who are currently the only ones blocking the transformation of Israel from holding the status of a democracy – under sustained attack by its own government – into a national and messianic autocracy bordering on fascism.