The last few months were more than a breath of fresh air in the Israeli legal system.
For years we’ve waited for what is finally happening: The sacred cows are being slaughtered, one after the other.
Corruption in Israel, as I wrote in my previous articles (http://voleh.org/?p=5226 and http://voleh.org/?p=6565), became one of our worst problems paralyzing the nation. Fortunately a great change is taking place today, but it is just the tip of the iceberg.
Knesset Members, Ministers, Judges, high-ranking officers in the IDF and the police force are all under scrutiny today. There is no one “safe” in his position. Everyone is susceptible to a criminal investigation.
The cat guards the milk:
Is it true that no one is immune from the law? I am sure you know that the theoretical answer to this question is “yes – it is true and nobody is immune.” In a more practical approach, the answer is not so simple.
There are two bodies in Israel in urgent need of a serious shake-up – a serious “revision”: The Supreme Court and its Honorable Judges and The State Attorney’s Office, including the Honorable Deputy Attorney General.
When we let the cat guard the milk indiscriminately, we create a new type of “sacred cow”, an untouchable body we all believe can do no wrong, needs no special supervision, and can control and monitor itself.
These assumptions are wrong. These two bodies have more power than they need, more power than they deserve, and more power than they can handle – Power corrupts! And the more power one has, the more likely he will use this power for the wrong reasons.
Election Day:
Soon we will be empowering 120 Knesset members to make decisions for us, hoping they will have our nation’s best interest in mind.
We will be empowering, with our vote, the next “elite” – the Supreme Court – because, as you know, the choice of judges is mainly a political decision, and not one made by the people.
Our next head of the IDF, Secret Service, and Police will be chosen. We will be empowering our 120 leaders to make dramatic changes in our lives.
In the elections, we will be choosing the people who will be deciding what kind of education our children will have in school, how many new fighter planes and from whom we will buy them, etc – decisions that will affect our daily lives.
Take your time and think it over:
Before you give all of this power to the 120 Knesset members, review (http://voleh.org/?p=4708) what they have done “De Facto” for the nation, who they really are, and not who they want us to believe they are.
