Gafni: "Without Torah scholars we have no right to exist in this country"/no credit
Another record was broken during the tenure of the prime minister, and at the same time also during the tenure of the legal advisor to the government. For the first time in the place of the state, and more precisely for the first time in 25 years - when the legal discussions began on the issue of the "Torah artu" settlement - the legal advisor to the government appears on the side of the petitioners - and claims that the conscription of yeshiva must be enforced; It also states that in this situation the budgeting of meetings of dodgers will not be legal.
The truth is that precisely in this case the government and the Knesset pushed the consultant and the prosecutor's office there. Even if its people believe that the inequality in the burden is a sick evil, they did everything to find a solution. The principles that were made clear to Netanyahu were simple:
The recruitment goals must be significant, especially after October 7. In discussions with the Prime Minister, he was reminded by the person who mentioned that reservists who had just been released from five months of reserve had already received an order to report for the month of July - an unmistakable illustration of the inequality.
It is no longer possible to rely on the good spirit of the associations that work to recruit ultra-Orthodox. The voluntary story is over. Quotas must be defined, and whoever does not enlist and needs to enlist is a criminal.
Netanyahu had no choice but to ask the High Court for 30 more days/Israel Police spokeswoman
Leave the digging text of the Cabinet Secretary, Yossi Fox, from yesterday who accused the whole world and his sister of wasting time. In practice, those who participated in the marathon discussions know that Netanyahu's people did everything to gain time. Since they didn't succeed, Netanyahu had no choice but to request this pathetic request from the High Court for thirty more days. He explains there that he was busy with the war, and what now? It's over and we didn't know? After all, Netanyahu says it's only a matter of time until we're in Rafah and we haven't started talking about The North.
Netanyahu is trapped more than ever between Gafni and Laban Gabir, and therefore neither thirty days nor thirty years will be enough. One way or another we are probably facing a major drama at the High Court, the social implications of which are difficult to extend at the moment.
In the meantime, it is important to understand what may not be clear to everyone - the legal advisor is not just a "respondent" in this procedure. She is in practice the authorized interpreter of the law of the State of Israel; Therefore, she should not wait for the High Court either. As of now, as of Monday, any Haredi Malshab who does not show up for a conscription order, is absent.
Netanyahu is trapped more than ever between Gafni and Laban Gabir/Flash 90, Chaim Goldberg
In the meantime, they are waiting for the High Court's answer on the petition of the Shamriz family members
It is difficult to understand the response of the IDF and the state to the petition of the members of the Shamriz family to recognize their loved one, Alon, as an IDF soldier. Make no mistake, sometimes the state must give unpopular answers to individual petitioners, even if they are heroic and inspiring - for fear that a single exception will open the door to countless exceptions until no trace of the rule, of the basic law, remains.
But how exactly can the case of Alon Shmriz open such an opening? What broad implications can it create? For this question, the IDF and the prosecutor's office did not have to wait to hear from the Supreme Court President, Judge Uzi Fogelman, it was enough for them to step out of the formalistic fixation they live in for a second, and thus prevent further suffering from the members of the Shamriz family, as if they had not experienced enough in the past months.
Alon Shmriz, the charming smiley who lived in the Dor Tsir neighborhood in Kfar Gaza, was kidnapped on October 7. A few days later I met his brother, Yonathan and Ido, in Kibbutz Shafiim. They had just then received the positive news, as far as they were concerned, Alon was definitely abducted - until then he was defined as missing, and knowing him they were confident that he would get out of it. Their confidence, it turned out, was not excessive.
In retrospect, it became clear that the young Shmriz acted with infinite wisdom and did everything in his power to signal to the IDF soldiers that he and two others, Ofir Haim and Samer Talalka, were alive nearby. He made a sign out of food scraps, shouted along with his friends when the IDF soldiers approached, and tried together with His friends exposed himself to our soldiers as carefully as he could. Despite this, he and his friends were mistakenly identified as terrorists and shot dead.
Shamriz acted with infinite wisdom and did everything in his power to signal to the IDF soldiers/documentation on social networks according to Section 27 A of the Copyright Law
In the petition submitted to the High Court by Alon's parents, Avi and Dekla Shamriz, through attorney Rak Cohen Rochbarger, they stated that Alon's commanders testified to them that on the seventh day of October, when they did not yet know that Alon had been kidnapped, they actually began the process of enlisting him in order 8. Shamriz served regularly in the elite unit "Yahlom".
The petition states that "this petition is not intended to entitle the bereaved parents to financial relief or other compensation. The parents are recognized as the parents of those who have fallen victim to hostilities anyway, and from a practical point of view there is no difference between the rights of such bereaved parents and the rights of the parents of IDF martyrs." The petition carries with it a valuable and symbolic charge. This is its purpose and its purpose. The urgency of it stems from the agony of the parents and from the fact that for now the late Alon is buried in a temporary burial until a decision is made on his case."
In the petition, the parents specify with clear and also logical evidence that the process of recruiting Alon by order of eight has already begun, and that if he had not been kidnapped he would have been sent to serve in Gaza. Beyond that, the unique circumstances of his death are of course detailed: firing by our forces while he was trying to use his knowledge and military skills to join the forces in peace.
"Under these circumstances," the parents write through their attorney, "the insistence - how else to define it - of the respondents (the head of the Personnel Division and the Chief of Staff of the BK) to not recognize Elon as part of Israel's systems is incomprehensible, under such distinct and unusual circumstances, when That the requested recognition is only symbolic... Is this the appropriate case to stand on the tip of Yod and have a precise and pointed debate with the parents of the late Alon, who are desperate for recognition in order to hold a tombstone unveiling ceremony?"
The President of the Supreme Court, Mm Fogelman, expressed bewilderment at the formalism of the IDF/Niv Aharonson
The petition cites a series of cases in which the IDF chose to act outside the rule of law and recognize those killed as IDF martyrs even though they were not serving in the army at the time - navigator Tamar Ariel who was killed in a snowstorm in Nepal after evidence was presented that she died while trying to save others. Or Ilan Rua, a Kol Israel journalist, who was killed while covering operational activity in Lebanon. After his death, it was decided in the Ministry of Defense to kill him.
It is difficult to understand how, in comparison to these cases, no one in the security establishment saw the case of Shamriz Ben as the son of a kludge - a young man who was on his way to enlist, who was killed by IDF fire while trying to join them. Strange.
In its response, the state explained why technically Shamriz was not considered a soldier and emphasized that The law does not give it any discretion in relation to determining eligibility for a military burial for those who do not fall within its scope.
In the open part of the hearing, Supreme Court President Uzi Fogelman expressed bewilderment at the IDF's formalism. "This case is very unusual." He said, "I do not suggest ignoring the law, but even within the framework of the law, the Ministry of Defense in the past knew how to operate things from the front in line with the law, the concept has always been maintained that it is possible to act in this way as well." Fogelman asked the state to try to resolve the matter outside the walls of the court. Dramatic ramifications and personal circumstances where we all know them and it is impossible to close our eyes to this reality. If there is a framework that can check then already now, we expect it to be checked after the discussion." The state was given a few days to come up with a solution.
The man whose son was kidnapped from his home feels the need to apologize for being a bully. Avi Shamriz/Roni Knafo
And one really has to wonder, in a country where the Minister of the Interior can grant exceptional citizenships to football and basketball players just because the fans die for them, and the minister wants them to die for him too - leave all the washed-up explanations, that's the whole reason, can't the IDF deviate from the dry rules and bring a little rest to the family This hero? What's wrong with you?
And what gave me the most chills? At the end of the discussion, my father Shamriz, Alon's father, said that if the army gets what they want and recognizes his son as part of the IDF: "From that moment I promise the army that I will let them go, I will stop harassing them, they I will no longer be heard in the media." Do you understand the absurdity? He, the man whose son was kidnapped from his home after he was abandoned on the seventh of October, who the IDF shot at his son and his friends after they tried to signal to him that they were alive? Still feels the need to apologize for being a bully.
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