Reasonably, no one in the State Prosecution is considering indicting Dana Olmert for those insults even though they were quoted by anti-Israel forces internationally to support their condemnation of Israel for actions it did not commit.
Today the judiciary and state prosecution receive the knee-jerk support of the overwhelming majority of the Israeli media. Indeed, there are less than a handful of journalists who write or broadcast reports critical of their anti-democratic and prejudicial actions. Most of those reporters are found outside the mainstream media and attract little attention.
So while it is unclear against whose criticism the judges feel the need for politicians’ protection, it is even less clear why they are not criticized more often. It is not just the Right – which the judicial system systematically discriminates against – that should be criticizing the judges. Everyone who holds liberal values and democracy dear should be on his or her feet shouting for our justices in Israel to be brought to order.
