Figure:
Social
networks poster for the
December 31, 2016 Saturday night demonstration in front of Attorney
General Avichai
Mandelblit's residence: "Bibi is afraid of Meni".
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OccupyTLV, December 25 -- the violent abduction last night of Meni Naftali by Israel Police in front of the residence of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit astonished many of the participants in the small, routine, Saturday night demonstration. Naftali himself appeared shell-shocked. Participants in the demonstration did not number more than 30-40, from children under 10 years of age to "mature" men and women (not to offend them by calling them "old"). The routine chants were, "Both a friend and an investigator -- Mandelblit resign!", "The public demands -- criminal investigations!", "Government, corporations -- crime organizations!".
Already at the beginning of the routine demonstration, around 7:30 pm, some experienced participant said that it looked like police were planning violence this time around. The signs were obvious: A line of police in a threatening stance on the opposite sidewalk, some of them wearing ski masks like warmers, hiding their faces, and others with no visible name tags.
Participants of the demonstration were not permitted to step down from the sidewalk to the street. However, just as happened the week before, police permitted one of the neighbors to step into the street and shove himself within inches into the demonstrators' faces in an attempt to provoke violence. The neighbor was a "values" person, just like Mandelblit himself - wearing a black yarmulke. [Orthodox Jews in Israel have taken into the habit of referring to themselves as "values" people, in contrast with secular Jews. At the same time, some of their political, and religious leaders are notoriously corrupt. Religious, military, and political leaders of the orthodox variety have also been convicted in a series of serious sex crimes cases in recent years.]
Such provocations were unsuccessful last week and last night as well. The demonstrators were not even close to being a violent crowd.
Then, around 8:30 pm, Naftali was standing in the back of the sidewalk, near the drinks and refreshments (there were Hanukkah candles and latkes -- Hanukkah potato pancakes - as well" ), when all of a sudden, for no reason at all, a group of about five policemen stormed and violently abducted him.
The end of that move is seen in the figure above -- where Naftali is subdued on the ground, later to be handcuffed and transported to the police station. Naftali and two other demonstrators were released hours after midnight.
Communications have been conducted with the Association for Civil Rights in Israel in recent weeks, in an effort to obtain opinions regarding the legal boundaries regarding conduct of such small protests guards. In the case of protest guards in front of the Supreme Court, it appeared that the law was relatively clear. Although the Supreme Court Guard and the Israel Police initially tried to fabricate and enforce their own law, they eventually permitted such protest guards to take place.
In contrast, when it came to protest guards in the proximity of the residences of public service officers, it appeared that the legal situation was vague, and eventually -- was at the discretion of the Attorney General.
Therefore, there is good reasons to suspect that the violent abduction of Meni Naftali last night was conducted with the approval, if not by instructions of Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit himself"
Only a few months ago, former Justice Minister, Professor Daniel Friedman stated in a Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee hearing: "The Attorney General cannot determine what the law of the State is, to shut up the mouths of the entire nation, never permit the expression of opinion..." [ix]
Well, last night it appeared that Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit was exercising exactly such powers.
On such matter Voltaire said: "To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize".
Beyond that, if one inspects any area of material government corruption in Israel today, scratching a bit below the surface, one finds that the Godfather, patronizing the corruption, is the Attorney General -- by preventing true criminal investigations of government officers, and/or their true criminal prosecution. It is an undeclared generalized "too senior to fail, to senior to jail" policy, applied to:
The Prime Minister and his wife;
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