The Jerusalem District Court announced today (Friday) to the attorneys of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shaul and Iris Alovich and Arnon Mozes that the hearing that was supposed to take place in their case as part of the “4,000 case” next Wednesday, January 13, will be canceled. This is due to the closure which took effect at midnight.
In the left and central part of the political map, they were quick to respond to the court’s announcement: the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Justice, Blue and White Chairman Bnei Gantz He wrote on his Twitter account: “For the avoidance of doubt – the courts are open and functional. This is how I decided and this will be. Due to the closure, the director of the courts granted the requests of the judges, lawyers and the public, the sentence”.
Gantz also wrote, “This is further proof that the legal system in Israel is independent, matter-of-fact, and does not persecute Netanyahu. This was the case and I will ensure that it will continue to be so. The serious problem is that Israel has a prime minister with an indictment.” “His personal and legal considerations. This reality needs to be changed in the upcoming elections.”
For the avoidance of doubt – the courts are open and functional. So I decided and so it will be.
Due to the closure, the director of the courts granted the requests of the judges, lawyers and the public, and allowed the judges to exercise discretion in postponing hearings. The judges in the Netanyahu trial chose to activate it and postpone the trial.
– Benny Gantz – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) January 8, 2021
Former Minister of Justice Avi Nissenkorn (The Israelis) wrote: “As Minister of Justice, I did not fold and issue procedures that kept the courts open even on closed days. Democracies do not stop in times of emergency. Israelis deserve a leadership that can be trusted.”
As Minister of Justice, I did not fold and issued procedures that kept the courts open even on closed days.
Democracies do not stop in an emergency. Israelis deserve a leadership that can be trusted.– Avi Nissenkorn (@AviNissenkorn) January 8, 2021
In blue and white they wrote in response to Nissenkorn’s remarks: “My father, you have turned a professional emissary into a mediocre liar. You probably forgot that you approved the closure of the courts in the previous closure and extended the recess by weeks.
Chairman of the Israel Party, Ron Huldai “It has not been two weeks since Nissenkorn left the Ministry of Justice – and the Netanyahu trial has been postponed. Ganz does not miss an opportunity to surrender to Bibi. We will get the country back on track.”
MBlue and white Responded to Huldai’s remarks: “A response that indicates ignorance and misunderstanding of the justice system, but it is not surprising that this is what Pike is drafting a part-time candidate who will not run to the end and retire just before the finish line.”
A response that indicates ignorance and misunderstanding of the justice system, but it is not surprising that this is what a half-time candidate Pike is drafting who will not run to the end and retire just before the finish line. https://t.co/KQ4Nxe483r
– Blue and white (@ Kachollavan19) January 8, 2021
Chairman has a future Yair Lapid He also referred to the postponement of the hearing and wrote that “a prime minister who is engrossed in investigations – he has no public and moral mandate to determine fateful things. There is a real fear that he will decide on the basis of his own survival interests, not the national interest. Israel needs a sane government.”
Chairman of Meretz Nitzan Horowitz He said that “Netanyahu can do another closure, another legal ploy, for another hour out of court he will even extend the winter clock – but in the end he will stand trial. The question is how many more will join the 150,000 unemployed, how many businesses will collapse and how many families will be destroyed before he leaves “This is a struggle in which even Meretz can only be trusted.”
Member of Knesset Ofer Kasif (The joint list) said in response to the court’s announcement that “yesterday I shouted in the Knesset that the closure is political. This morning everyone understands that I was right. The public good has never stood and will never stand before Netanyahu’s eyes.”
Chairman of the Tnufa Party Dirt sent He said that “the postponement of the trial due to the closure only emphasizes the impossible situation that a prime minister puts us in with an indictment: how can we believe Bibi that his decisions are relevant and not personal, when they help him continue to evade trial?”
Netanyahu, do not worry.
The courts will remain open – on me. https://t.co/xgiq04Lj6o– Benny Gantz – Benny Gantz (@gantzbe) January 6, 2021
From movement “The black flagsIt was reported that “now everything is clear – we are all in custody so that Bibi will not be prosecuted for his crimes. “The Prime Minister has placed the State of Israel in a closure for the postponement of his trial. All the people of Israel are called to demonstrate this coming Saturday against the political closure, against the defendant and against the dismantling of Israeli democracy!”