Barak overturned emergency stay injunction to destroy Migron homes; prosecutors accused of ‘breaking the law in the name of the law.’
By Maayana Miskin
First Publish: 9/13/2011, 11:29 PM
Migron
Flash 90
In a special Knesset committee session on the recent demolition of homes in Migron, state prosecutors admitted to ignoring an emergency injunction at 2:30 a.m. to postpone the destruction. The order was ignored following the intervention of Defense Minister Ehud Barak, who in the middle of the night called Attorney Osnat Mandel, director of department of Supreme Court petitions, and said that forces were already in the villageand might be in danger if they delayed the demolition.
Mandel, a representative of the Attorney General's office, failed to notify the Prime MInister's Office by calling the cabinet secretary before proceeding with the demolition, a violation of proper procedure. MK Michael Ben-Ari accused her of “breaking the law in the name of the law.”
"The children didn't matter," said MK Ben-Ari furiously.
The IDF Civil Administration came in for criticism as well during the Foreign Affairs and Defense subcommittee meeting. MK Zev Elkin noted that leaked Civil Administration documents contradicted previous assurances that the body was working to enforcebuilding laws equally on both Israeli citizens and Palestinian Authority Arabs.
Mandel, a representative of the Attorney General's office, failed to notify the Prime MInister's Office by calling the cabinet secretary before proceeding with the demolition, a violation of proper procedure. MK Michael Ben-Ari accused her of “breaking the law in the name of the law.”
"The children didn't matter," said MK Ben-Ari furiously.
The IDF Civil Administration came in for criticism as well during the Foreign Affairs and Defense subcommittee meeting. MK Zev Elkin noted that leaked Civil Administration documents contradicted previous assurances that the body was working to enforcebuilding laws equally on both Israeli citizens and Palestinian Authority Arabs.
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