Israeli Court overturns acquittal of government critic
If the Jewish Homeland of Israel had a proper Jewish government this outrage would never occur:
Israeli Court overturns acquittal of government critic
Israeljustice.com
July 19, 2007
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli court has overturned a lower court's decision to acquit a Jewish dissident on charges of insulting a government official who played a major role in the expulsion of 16,000 Jews from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank in 2005.
On July 19, the Jerusalem District Court ordered the re-trial of Jewish dissident Nadia Matar, who had been acquitted of insulting a public official. Matar, head of Women in Green, was the first Jewish nationalist prosecuted under a 1936 law of the British Mandate.
"It was once again proven that the judicial system in Israel pushes for the enemy of the Jewish people," Matar, a mother of six, said. "That means it has no problem to persecute anyone who shows loyalty to the Land of Israel."
The decision came one day after the Knesset Constitution and Law Committee approved a bill to cancel the indictments of non-violent demonstrators against the expulsion. The legislation must be voted by the full parliament.
In 2004, Matar wrote a scathing letter to Disengagement Authority director Jonathan Bassi, responsible for the eviction and resettlement of Jewish residents of the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank to trailer parks in Israel. Matar said Bassi's role was similar to that of the Judenraat, the Nazi-appointed Jewish administration that helped liquidate the ghettos in Eastern Europe during World War II.
Matar contended that her letter was a legitimate act of protest. The defense cited numerous examples whereby authorities refused to prosecute left-wing activists who condemned officials and military commanders. Defense attorney Yoram Sheftel pointed to the daughter of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who in a demonstration in 2006 called then-Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz a "murderer."
"I have shown that the decision to prosecute individuals from one side of the political spectrum contrasts to the decision to prosecute individuals on the other side of the political spectrum," Sheftel said. "The prosecutor's office cannot decide what is legitimate for public debate and what is not."
On Sept. 10, 2006, Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge David Mintz, himself branded a war criminal by a left-wing critic, dismissed the indictment against Matar. Two months later, the state appealed Matar's acquittal in Jerusalem's District Court.
In its ruling, the appeal court said Matar failed to prove that authorities had targeted her while ignoring violations by left-wing activists. The court ordered the case returned to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for another trial.
"If they think they can scare us, just the opposite," Matar said. "We will increase our activities for guarding the Land of Israel."
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Matar: Legal System Persecutes Loyal Jews
July 19, 2007
by IsraelNationalNews.com
"Women in Green" co-chairwoman Nadia Matar said Thursday that "the same system of state attorneys and courts - most of them leftist extremists who don't object to the release of Arab terrorists - continues to persecute Jews who are loyal to the Land of Israel."
Matar's criticism of the legal system came shortly after the Jerusalem District Court overturned an earlier decision erasing an indictment against her. Matar now once again faces charges of insulting a public servant for calling Disengagement Authority (Sela) head Yonaton Bassi "a modern-day version of the Judenrat."
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Israeli Court overturns acquittal of government critic
Israeljustice.com
July 19, 2007
JERUSALEM -- An Israeli court has overturned a lower court's decision to acquit a Jewish dissident on charges of insulting a government official who played a major role in the expulsion of 16,000 Jews from the Gaza Strip and northern West Bank in 2005.
On July 19, the Jerusalem District Court ordered the re-trial of Jewish dissident Nadia Matar, who had been acquitted of insulting a public official. Matar, head of Women in Green, was the first Jewish nationalist prosecuted under a 1936 law of the British Mandate.
"It was once again proven that the judicial system in Israel pushes for the enemy of the Jewish people," Matar, a mother of six, said. "That means it has no problem to persecute anyone who shows loyalty to the Land of Israel."
The decision came one day after the Knesset Constitution and Law Committee approved a bill to cancel the indictments of non-violent demonstrators against the expulsion. The legislation must be voted by the full parliament.
In 2004, Matar wrote a scathing letter to Disengagement Authority director Jonathan Bassi, responsible for the eviction and resettlement of Jewish residents of the Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank to trailer parks in Israel. Matar said Bassi's role was similar to that of the Judenraat, the Nazi-appointed Jewish administration that helped liquidate the ghettos in Eastern Europe during World War II.
Matar contended that her letter was a legitimate act of protest. The defense cited numerous examples whereby authorities refused to prosecute left-wing activists who condemned officials and military commanders. Defense attorney Yoram Sheftel pointed to the daughter of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert who in a demonstration in 2006 called then-Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Dan Halutz a "murderer."
"I have shown that the decision to prosecute individuals from one side of the political spectrum contrasts to the decision to prosecute individuals on the other side of the political spectrum," Sheftel said. "The prosecutor's office cannot decide what is legitimate for public debate and what is not."
On Sept. 10, 2006, Jerusalem Magistrates Court Judge David Mintz, himself branded a war criminal by a left-wing critic, dismissed the indictment against Matar. Two months later, the state appealed Matar's acquittal in Jerusalem's District Court.
In its ruling, the appeal court said Matar failed to prove that authorities had targeted her while ignoring violations by left-wing activists. The court ordered the case returned to the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court for another trial.
"If they think they can scare us, just the opposite," Matar said. "We will increase our activities for guarding the Land of Israel."
* * *
Matar: Legal System Persecutes Loyal Jews
July 19, 2007
by IsraelNationalNews.com
"Women in Green" co-chairwoman Nadia Matar said Thursday that "the same system of state attorneys and courts - most of them leftist extremists who don't object to the release of Arab terrorists - continues to persecute Jews who are loyal to the Land of Israel."
Matar's criticism of the legal system came shortly after the Jerusalem District Court overturned an earlier decision erasing an indictment against her. Matar now once again faces charges of insulting a public servant for calling Disengagement Authority (Sela) head Yonaton Bassi "a modern-day version of the Judenrat."
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Don't Expel Jews from Gaza!
Moving Day in Gaza?!
Ariel Sharon: From Zionist to Traitor
posted by David Ben-Ariel at 12:51 PM
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