tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post7072610895883447537..comments2024-03-27T07:01:13.725+02:00Comments on The Muqata: What happened behind the scenes in the Knesset?Jameel @ The Muqatahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15890095633246557332noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-36973114451941366542009-06-12T02:55:57.775+03:002009-06-12T02:55:57.775+03:00FROM CAROL HERMAN
Oh, Danny Boy, that's fabul...FROM CAROL HERMAN<br /><br />Oh, Danny Boy, that's fabulous!<br /><br />Aharon Barak and Sonia Sotomayor have so much in common! (Including, but not limited to, the "special" dispensation given to Latina women. For this? Aharon Barak could cut off his testicles. What a trade off that would be.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-68324112308810168832009-06-12T02:53:51.683+03:002009-06-12T02:53:51.683+03:00FROM CAROL HERMAN
A beautiful story! And, also, ...FROM CAROL HERMAN<br /><br />A beautiful story! And, also, it can be noticed that if Bibi gets the backing of a majority of Israeli citizens, Barack Obama can go and dump his requests in a hat!<br /><br />As an AMerican, I happen to know Obama took Saudi money (which gave him the cash to take on Hillary). And, Cairo was the Saud's rattling his chains.<br /><br />What if Bibi holds true to his book, which was written more than a dozen years ago? Where he laid out for democracies, how they could fight terror and WIN.<br /><br />What if Sunday holds another teaching lesson? You think Obama can just make faces? Or lift his feet up on his desk for a photo-op?<br /><br />If Israeli MK's can feel themselves challenged when citizens get "restive," why discount such an outcome in America?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-23702971467790937532009-06-11T13:56:41.638+03:002009-06-11T13:56:41.638+03:00this is a great story.
Kol haKavod Mrs. Dym.
Ma...this is a great story. <br /><br />Kol haKavod Mrs. Dym.<br />May you go from chayil to chayil.<br />in promoting the good of the Jewish people.<br />Has anything like this ever been done before in Israel i.e. mass pressure on elected officials to actually get them to listen to the will of the people.<br /><br />This should be done much more often.<br /><br />Maybe this is why the Israeli govt has never been too keen on American ALiyah, with AMerican activism it might cause this country to become more a government of the people by the people and for the people instead of a govt of for and by those who are the most obnoxious pushy and egomaniacky.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-77890451599508896222009-06-10T22:19:42.468+03:002009-06-10T22:19:42.468+03:00Nachum: Life is funny that way.
There's a sto...Nachum: Life is funny that way.<br /><br />There's a story in the news today about some lady in Tel Aviv who wanted to do something nice for her mother.<br /><br />So she bought her a brand new bed and threw out the old one.<br /><br />Only problem is that the mother didn't trust banks, and had stored a million dollars in the mattress!<br /><br />They eventually found the mattress in the garbage dump. But it was ripped open and the money was gone!<br /><br />Man plans, God laughs.JoeSettlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-77588632594384878412009-06-10T20:17:59.853+03:002009-06-10T20:17:59.853+03:00So it's a good thing that Ihud Leumi didn'...So it's a good thing that Ihud Leumi didn't join the coaltion, then? Otherwise they couldn't have gotten this slot.Nachumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11292162031685942549noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-21864586658751857032009-06-10T19:33:13.193+03:002009-06-10T19:33:13.193+03:00"Judicial Activism" is when the courts a..."Judicial Activism" is when the courts and judges take on powers beyond those normally mandated or permitted them.JoeSettlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01232647820807408898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-2300751032449290222009-06-10T15:32:46.541+03:002009-06-10T15:32:46.541+03:00NormanF said: Its important to end judicial activi...NormanF said: Its important to end judicial activism in Israel and restore the Knesset's authority over the courts and the supreme sovereign in Israel.<br /><br />I say...huh?<br /><br />Why would we want to stop "judicial activism"? How better to make our voices heard with our representatives than to respond when we see something happening that we don't agree with.<br /><br />This is a great example of democracy at its highest level. Kol Hakavod to us!A Soldier's Motherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11370218893899121159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-92034135186517176712009-06-10T15:23:33.798+03:002009-06-10T15:23:33.798+03:00Its important to end judicial activism in Israel a...Its important to end judicial activism in Israel and restore the Knesset's authority over the courts and the supreme sovereign in Israel. Changing the composition of the courts will both make them more reflective of the population's beliefs as well as strengthen the rule of law in Israel.NormanFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03365459073293643108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-61742785864393612612009-06-10T15:07:18.009+03:002009-06-10T15:07:18.009+03:00"Professor Barak, who is regarded by some leg..."Professor Barak, who is regarded by some legal scholars as the world's greatest living jurist"<br /><br />Presumably he wrote that sentence himself.ODannyBoynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-73866830541966249062009-06-10T14:18:09.644+03:002009-06-10T14:18:09.644+03:00You got to love it: "Professor Barak, who is...You got to love it: <i> "Professor Barak, who is regarded by some legal scholars as the world's greatest living jurist,"</i><br /><br />Meanwhile he is proposing that democratically elected representatives be stripped of their power, and they be given to to the Judges!<br /><br /><i>"Barak argued for a broad level of judicial discretion, while cautioning against the excessive use of executive power"</i><br /><br />Exactly why we need more judicial reform, and a reshuffling of the Barak stacked, homogeneous Supreme Court.JoeSettlernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-59920625119057099632009-06-10T13:37:35.983+03:002009-06-10T13:37:35.983+03:00Aharon Barak outlined his theory of proportionalit...Aharon Barak outlined his theory of proportionality as the basis for broad judicial discretion in a lecture he delivered in Oxford on 4 June.<br /><br />Further details are available at http://www.fljs.org/section.aspx?id=2905Phil Dineshttp://www.fljs.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13539920.post-60432365710853263022009-06-10T11:46:09.559+03:002009-06-10T11:46:09.559+03:00This is only a first, small step in breaking the L...This is only a first, small step in breaking the Left's control of the Court.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com