Major Israeli Supreme Court ruling rocks Netanyahu's coalition
Source: Axios
Why it matters: The decision could dramatically escalate the constitutional crisis in Israel and accelerate the governments effort to push forward its plan for weakening Israels judicial system.
It could also create a political crisis that would likely destabilize the coalition.
Catch up quick: Deri, one of Israels most powerful politicians, has been convicted of criminal offenses twice, including last year, when he agreed to a plea bargain in which he admitted to tax offenses.
Read more: https://www.axios.com/2023/01/18/israeli-supreme-court-revokes-appointment-of-minister-aryeh-deri
burrowowl
(17,960 posts)iluvtennis
(20,685 posts)orangecrush
(21,156 posts)Shouldn't be allowed to vote, either?
This goes back to Jim Crow.
It was a way of keeping blacks out of the political equation.
Being an ex felon doesn't automatically define someone as a scumbag.
Hiring people to shoot at political opponents does.
Mosby
(17,238 posts)Just saying.
hay rick
(8,153 posts)Both are restrictions on civil liberties. In almost all cases, such restrictions are defined by conditions or circumstances that are specific to the individual case. In Deri's case, the article includes these points:
"When Deri signed his plea deal, the prosecution and the judge made it clear that they understood he was leaving political life. But less than a year later, he ran for office again, claiming he never said his departure from public life would be forever.
To allow Deri to be sworn in, the Knesset had to change a law that said a person who was sentenced to prison time or probation in the last seven years couldn't serve as a minister...
Supreme Court President Esther Hayut wrote in the decision that Deri made clear in his own statements that he would no longer deal with public money."
Butterflylady
(3,925 posts)Voting is one thing, holding a government office if you are a convicted felon is entirely different.
Hopefully that will happen to trump in the future.
Miguelito Loveless
(4,626 posts)they are preventing him from holding office.
iluvtennis
(20,685 posts)and deserve to be fully integrated back into society with all rights.
I do not beleive certain ex-felons (e.g., those where fraud, corruption, murder, etc.) should be allowed to run for political office. Just my opionion.
orangecrush
(21,156 posts)And makes complete sense
quakerboy
(14,092 posts)Putin's opponents seem to collect disqualifying sentences on a very useful (to putin) timeline.
Martin68
(24,379 posts)Ultra-righwing and authoritarian political parties are welcoming convicted criminals into their ranks in a number of countries. It's a particularly interesting development because such parties usually pace a great deal of stress an anti-crime agenda.
Ford_Prefect
(8,191 posts)power in the west. Putin's pals are just one part of a larger plan to use political powers to insulate the Ultra rich from any governmental interference. Russian backing of the Brexit/Tory madness is a visible example. Their involvement with the GOP and Trump is another. Netanyahu is the Trump equivalent in Israel. The clique surrounding MBS in Saudi Arabia is another set of them. They align along Oil and other extraction wealth and plan on consuming as much of the earth as they wish so long as THEY are the beneficiaries. What they most earnestly wish is to mute any objection by citizens or governments to that plan.