APN's daily news review from Israel
Wednesday December 18, 2019
Quote of the day:
"(Justice Minister) Ohana decided to stomp on the appointment process of the acting State Prosecutor,
using the guise of naively saying it was his authority. He ignores the fact that the Knesset did not imagine it
would ever need to legislate a law that would break the judicial legal public crisis like the one that exists
today. Ohana also signals that strategically, he or his replacement, if Netanyahu wins the third election, will
charge at the fortress - the head of the State Prosecution. In a paraphrase of Leonard Cohen: “First we’ll take
the State Prosecution, then the Attorney General."
--Yedioth legal affairs analyst, Tovah Tzimuki, writes in today's paper about the Justice Minister's controversial decision to appoint someone 'contentious,' low ranking and not who the Attorney General had proposed.*
You Must Be Kidding:
“Safety reasons.”
—The reason the Jerusalem Municipality gave for removing a sign it had posted at the entrance to the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City wishing all the Christian residents “a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." In its place a new sign was placed in honor of Hanukkah.**
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--Yedioth legal affairs analyst, Tovah Tzimuki, writes in today's paper about the Justice Minister's controversial decision to appoint someone 'contentious,' low ranking and not who the Attorney General had proposed.*
You Must Be Kidding:
“Safety reasons.”
—The reason the Jerusalem Municipality gave for removing a sign it had posted at the entrance to the Christian Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City wishing all the Christian residents “a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year." In its place a new sign was placed in honor of Hanukkah.**
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