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The True Meaning of Hamas as Seen in the Bible

October 25, 2023 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

The word Hamas in the Hebrew Bible

חָמָס

Hamas, in the Old Testament in the original Hebrew, appears more than 25 times. It means violence, cruelty AND robbery.

HAMAS first appears in Genesis after the fall of Adam and Eve WHEN SIN ENTERED the world.

Genesis 6:11: “Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and the earth was filled with Hamas” (violence).
Genesis 6:13: Then God said to Noah, “the end of all flesh has come before Me; for the earth is filled with Hamas” (violence).

In Ezekiel, Hamas appears in connection WITH the fall of Satan:
Ezekiel 28:16: “By the abundance of your trade you were internally filled with Hamas (violence,) and you sinned. Therefore, I have CAST you as profane from the mountain of God and I have destroyed you, O covering cherub.”

More scriptures with the Hebrew word Hamas:

Exodus 23:1: “You shall not bear a false report; do not join your hand with a wicked man to be a Hamas (malicious) witness.”

Isaiah 53:9: “His GRAVE was assigned WITH THE RICH…Because he had done no Hamas (violence) nor was there any deceit in his mouth.”
Isaiah 59:6b: “Their works are works of iniquity, and ACTS of Hamas (violence) ARE in their hands.”

Psalm 11:5: “the Lord tests the righteous, but His soul hates the wicked and the one who loves Hamas” (violence).
Psalm 18:48: “He delivers me from my enemies. You also lift me up above those who rise against me; from the Hamas (violent) man.”
Psalm 25:19: “Consider my enemies, for they are many; and they hate me with Hamas (cruel) hatred.”
Psalm 74:20: “for the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of Hamas (cruelty).”

Habakkuk 2:17: “for the Hamas (violence) done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the devastation of its beasts by which you terrified them, because of human bloodshed and Hamas done to their land, to the town and all its inhabitants.”

Zephaniah 1:9: “In that same day I will punish all those who leap over the threshold, who fill their master’s house with Hamas (violence) and deceit.”

Ezekiel 7: 23: “Make the chain, for the land is full of bloody crimes and the city is full of Hamas” (violence).
Ezekiel 45:9: “Thus says the Lord God, enough, you princes of Israel, put away Hamas (violence and destruction), and practice justice and righteousness.”

Amos 3:10: “But they do not know how to do what is right,” declares the Lord, “these who hoard up Hamas (violence) and devastation in their citadels.”

Other scriptures include:
Psalm 58:3, Proverbs 3:32, Proverbs 8:36, Prov. 10:6, Micah 6:12

In conclusion:

Isaiah 60:18: “Hamas will not be heard again in your land.”

A Facebook page – it came up when we googled “Hamas Free” – there were many other sites. You can see that those holding the signs are Muslim. The presence of these sites demonstrates that this war is not about “land” or “Israel v.s. the Palestinians/Gazans”. It is Israel and the Palestinians/Gazans against Hamas!

Israel is at War!

October 9, 2023 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

Violent Surprise Attacks by Hamas

We awoke yesterday, Saturday at 6:30 am to the sound of piercing sirens and hurried to the “sheltered” room we normally use as our office in our apartment.

We heard the loud sound of several “booms” as rockets were exploding when intercepted by the Iron Dome. After a short interval of quiet when we left the room, there was another siren and we hurried back to the “shelter.”

This went on the entire day as Ashdod was bombarded by rockets from nearby Gaza (about a 45-minute drive from us.)

Although we are used to Hamas’ arbitrary rocket attacks, this was different; Hamas declared war on Israel.

Not only did they launch over 3,000 rockets* at southern and central Israel, but they also broke through the strong border fence with bulldozers, allowing several trucks of armed terrorists to infiltrate Israeli communities, murdering innocent citizens and taking hostage soldiers, women, children, and the elderly into the Gaza Strip.

Hamas Bulldozes Border Fence.

By the afternoon, battles continued at 22 locations, while barrages of rockets continued into Israel. They hit as far as Tel Aviv, where the siren interrupted a government emergency meeting. Sirens also sounded multiple times in Jerusalem and its vicinity, beginning at 8:15 a.m. until about noon.

There is a saying that history repeats itself; such is the case in Saturday’s brutal attack. Fifty years ago, on Saturday, October 6, on the day of Judaism’s holiest day, the attack of Yom Kippur from Egypt and Syria, caught Israel by surprise.

Caught Off-Guard . . . Again

This time, Saturday October 7 at 6:29 A.M., the morning of the celebration of Simchat Torah, “Joy of the Torah”, a surprise war began with rocket fire, invasion of Israeli communities by sea and air, and ground attacks on residents and service people.

The Israeli army and intelligence are considered to be the strongest military in the Middle East and the best intelligence in the world. How were they completely caught off guard this Saturday?

Israel wrongly estimated as she did fifty years ago before the surprise attack in the Yom Kippur War, that the enemy had no desire to fight Israel’s strong army.

The IDF (Israeli Defense Force) failed to guard the Gaza border while concentrating its efforts against terrorists in Judea and Samaria. Israel also failed to discern Hamas’ plan to infiltrate border communities and murder and abduct soldiers and civilians.

Israel was unprepared for the cover of thousands of rockets that allowed terrorists into neighboring communities.

Presently, Israelis are united against the common enemy and have put aside divisive matters such as judicial reforms.

Hamas

Hamas blames the Jewish state for “desecrating Al-Aqsa,” which is the whole Temple Mount area and not just the Al-Aqsa mosque itself according to the Palestinians. When Jews went up recently on the Temple grounds, far from the mosque itself to celebrate Succoth, the Feast of Tabernacles, Hamas then called on the all Palestinians to ‘Carry out attacks on the [Jewish] settlements with all the means and tools at your disposal’.

Hamas claimed that they had forewarned Israel not to approach the Temple Mount, and named the current attack on Israel, “The Al-Aqsa Storm.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel was at war.

“Hamas launched a murderous surprise attack on Israel and its citizens. I’ve instructed (our forces) first of all to clear the terrorists from communities they have infiltrated…I’ve ordered an extensive call-up of reserves to respond in a war the enemy has never seen before. We are at war and we will emerge triumphant.”

Meanwhile, Hamas has called Israeli Arabs and Palestinians in Judea and Samaria, as well as in Jerusalem to join the ‘struggle’ against the “Zionist enemy.”

Moreover, the Taliban terrorist organization is supporting Hamas: “If the Muslim countries neighboring Israel grant us the right of passage, we will join and conquer Jerusalem.” said one Taliban member.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has declared, “Hamas has made a grave mistake…and launched a war against the State of Israel. IDF troops are fighting against the enemy at every station. The State of Israel will win this war.” Gallant approved the draft of reserve soldiers in accordance with the IDF’s requirements.

Meanwhile, dozens of Israeli fighter jets took out several Hamas locations in the Gaza Strip. Knowing that Hamas terrorists hide among civilians, the IDF warned Gazan residents in Arabic, “For your security, you must leave your homes at once.”

“Israeli residents in the south and center are required to be in close proximity to protected areas, and those in the Gaza periphery should remain within a secure space,” the IDF announced, adding that Hamas is responsible and will pay dearly.

The Damages as of This Writing*

As of now, it is estimated that at least 700 Israelis have been murdered by the Hamas terrorist offensive attack.

About 2,380 wounded Israelis were evacuated to hospitals across the country. Of these, 22 are in critical condition, 17 are in critical condition, 200 are in serious condition, 226 are in moderate condition, 451 suffered only light injuries, 11 suffered shock, and the rest are being evaluated.

A call to donate blood was followed by an overwhelming response by many Israelis.

Hamas claims to be holding 163 Israelis hostage in the Gaza Strip. A spokesperson for Hamas’ military arm said, “The number of Israeli captives is several times higher than what Netanyahu believes (about 130.) They have been spread through all of the roads in Gaza, and they will go through what the population in the Strip is going through.”

AGAIN, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Saturday:

“Since this morning, the State of Israel has been at war. Our first objective is to clear out the hostile forces…and restore security and quiet to the communities that have been attacked. The second objective, at the same time, is to exact an immense price from the enemy, within the Gaza Strip. The third objective is to reinforce other fronts so that nobody should mistakenly join this war.”

“We are at war. In war, one needs to be level-headed. I call on all citizens of Israel to unite in order to achieve our highest goal—victory in the war,” Netanyahu added.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said that the world has seen the true face of Hamas, which is a terrorist army that murders innocent men, women, and children in cold blood. He claimed that the terrorist organization is Iran’s proxy that carried out an unprovoked, heinous attack against the Jewish state on a Jewish holy day [Simchat Torah]. Innocent civilians have been massacred and wounded, and many are still under attack.

“The State of Israel will take all measures necessary to eliminate this clear and immediate danger to our citizens. Israel will overcome in the face of all challenges.

I call upon the family of nations. This war waged against us marks a line in the sand. Now is the time to hear clear, unequivocal condemnation of Hamas, its allies, and its backers in Iran. Now is the time to stand firm with Israel in support of its just and moral battle in the face of an abhorrent enemy,” said the president.

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid voiced his full support of the government war effort: “At times like these, there is no opposition or coalition in Israel. We will give full backing to the security forces for a harsh response against terrorism and its proxies,” said Lapid. “The whole world must stand with Israel as we defend ourselves from terror. We must mobilize the international community against [Palestinian] terror.”

Operation Swords of Iron

The IDF (Israel Defense Force) named the war against Hamas, “Operation Swords of Iron.”

At the end of the Sabbath day and Simchat Torah, the war continued with rockets, shootouts, and attempts to free hostages from terrorists who had infiltrated their homes. One terrorist threatened to set off a grenade that would kill the residents of their home.

Approximately 50 residents of Kibbutz Be’eri were taken hostage and held by terrorists in the Kibbutz cafeteria. Many hours later, they were freed by Israeli Special Forces, and the terrorists were killed.

Early this Sunday morning, Israeli Security forces regained control of the city of Sderot police station that was captured by terrorists early Saturday morning. Ten terrorists were killed. Among those killed by the terrorists were the city’s fire station chief and a firefighter. Danger remains, as more terrorists are still at large in the city.

In an Al Jazeera interview, A Hamas spokesman said that the attack on Israel is “absolutely a message” to Muslim countries seeking normalization with Israel. He urged them to absolve themselves of this “great shame.”

Israeli Ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan remarked,
“Today is Israel’s 9/11 moment. Life for us will never be the same after today’s vicious terror attacks by Hamas terrorists. 250 murdered Israelis is the equivalent of over 8,000 Americans. When we say never again, never again is now. May God bless the State of Israel.”

“Moses answered the people (Israelites) ‘Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the LORD (YEOVAH) will bring you today…the LORD will fight for you, you need only to be still.'” Exodus 14:13-14 NIV

The Plan

August 15, 2023 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

“The land [of Israel], moreover, shall not be sold permanently, because the land is Mine[The Lord, God of Israel]; for you are only strangers and residents with Me.”
Leviticus 25:23

“You descendants of Abraham, His servant, you sons of Jacob, His chosen ones! He is the Lord our God; His judgments are in all the earth. He has remembered His covenant forever, the word which He commanded to a thousand generations, the covenant, which He made with Abraham, and His oath to Isaac. Then He confirmed it to Jacob as a statute, to Israel as an everlasting covenant, saying, “’To you I will give the land of Canaan as the portion of your inheritance.’”
Psalm 105:5-11

The Main Instigator of the Demonstrations

Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak and former head of the Left-Wing Labor party, served in this office from September 1999 until February 2021.

In July 2020, several years before the current Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition took power and before the Judicial Reform initiative was on the new government’s agenda, former Israeli PM Ehud Barak gave an interview on Forum 555, (a group of retired pilots and navigators) where he introduced his detailed “master plan” for creating civil unrest in a future Benjamin Netanyahu coalition.

We see his plan implemented in the current massive demonstrations against Netanyahu’s government, which began with Barak’s instigation at the start of the new government’s formation when the reform was not yet an issue.

The Plan

“The wicked, in his haughtiness, does not seek Him. There is no God in all his schemes.” Psalm 10:4

In his plan, before the cameras, Barak said that with funding and investments in the millions of shekels, they would first deliberately instigate a civilian revolt and protests, falsely presenting a danger which could lead to a civil war—as he would urge the opposition to create clashes with the police. He stated, “The more clashes with the police, the stronger and more effective the revolt since it speaks to the entire population.” He said he was willing to help financially as much as needed, including purchasing national flags.

*Pictured above: Ehud Barak, Image from The Jerusalem Post

Asked during the interview about him possibly returning as Prime Minister like his success of 1999, Barak said, “A friend of mine, a historian, once told me, ‘Ehud, they will call you when bodies are floating in the Yarkon River.’ (A large stream in Tel Aviv.) I wish to stress, not the bodies of illegally residing Palestinians from the territories and not Israeli Arabs. The floating bodies will be of Jews that were killed by Jews.”

In his arrogance, though he was considered one of the worst Prime Ministers and his government lasted only less than two years, Barak said, “I am more suitable and prepared than any other person in the country to take the wheel [as Israel’s Prime minister] should Netanyahu somehow disappear from the scene, and should Israel’s situation worsen on various fronts.”

It is obvious that Ehud Barak’s main purpose is to bring down Netanyahu and take his place as Prime Minister of Israel. And to accomplish this he is willing to stir up thousands of Israelis with false slogans and false intimidations.

Ehud Barak learned about non-violent demonstrations from Martin Luther King’s fight for black American civil rights and Gandhi’s fight against British rule in India. According to Barak, they taught him about ‘tenacity and persistence in keeping up the protests, boycotts and civil disobedience.’

However, in contrast to King’s and Gandhi’s just and truthful causes, Barak’s are false and based on lies, personal ambition, and hatred for his opponent. He and his cohorts know very well their slogans are false and they are counting on the gullibility of leftists who swallow the lie that the judicial reform poses an existential threat to Israeli democracy.

A second outrageous lie is that without judicial oversight, the government will allow Israel to become a religious/orthodox country. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu – who himself is not religious as well as most of his Likud party, which is the largest in the coalition – has assured the nation that this will not happen as long as he is Prime Minister.

As the demonstrations continue, Barak is very satisfied so far, believing that he will succeed in toppling Netanyahu’s government, even at the cost of civil war.

Current Likud government Transportation Minister Miri Regev has sent a letter to Attorney General Miara, demanding that an investigation be opened against former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Forum 555, on suspicion of “illegal gathering, civil disobedience and an attempted coup d’état.”

*Pictured: Miri Regev from The Jerusalem Post

A former pilot and a founder of Forum 555 said in an interview “Indeed, the coup d’état has been in the planning for a number of years headed by Ehud Barak, and is not connected to any political and/or legislative event.”

Peaceful protest is legitimate; however, a call for mutiny is a crime.

“At the height of their severity, we see the result from the horrific statement by one who served as Prime Minister and Chief of Staff,” said Regev. “We cannot and we will not ignore these repulsive words, especially since they were said by someone who served in such important positions in the State of Israel.”

“We cannot ignore these things, now when we see the plan concocted years ago becoming a reality, and chaos that endangers the public’s welfare and safety is reigning in the streets. Therefore, I demand that a criminal investigation against Ehud Barak and members of the 555 organization be opened immediately and that they be brought to justice for the illegal acts which they have committed,” Regev concluded.

However, it seems that Attorney General Miara does not intend to do anything against Barak, not until “the purpose for the protest has been achieved.”

*Pictured: Gali-Baharav-Miara from JNS.org

Democracies

December 7, 2022 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

US Democracy/Republic

Unlike the ancient Greek democracy, the US system is at its core, not a pure democracy, but a constitutional republic with democratic elections, as clearly stated in the U.S. Constitution: “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican form of Government.” This differs from the original ancient Greek democracy, which the American founders believed to be a corrupt form of government. There are fundamental differences between pure democracy and constitutional republic forms of government.

The Difference between a Democracy and a Republic

The key difference between a democracy and a republic lies in the limits placed on government by the law, which has implications for minority rights. Both forms of government use a representational system, where citizens vote to elect politicians to represent their interests and form the government.

In a republic, a constitution, or charter of rights, protects certain inalienable rights that cannot be taken away by the government, even if it has been elected by a majority of voters.

In a so-called pure democracy, the majority is not restrained in this way. It can impose its will on the minority. It also differs from a representative democracy in which constituents choose leaders to govern according to their interests.

The US is a democratic republic that guarantees fundamental rights and liberties and features an electoral system combining direct elections for legislators and indirect voting (through an electoral college) for the President.

Other Nations

Given that the US is a republic with democratic elections, Americans may not understand how it compares with other forms of government.

For example, unlike the United States, the United Kingdom has a constitutional monarchy that has democratic elections. Although the UK has a legislative system, its Parliament’s historical foundations are not entirely democratic. Whereas the House of Commons is an elected body, the House of Lords is hereditary, though its authority to originate legislation has been curtailed over the years. Yet, unlike Israel, its government is rarely delegitimized.

Some Muslim countries, like Malaysia, enshrine Islam as the national faith; citizens must be Muslim to be considered ethnic Malaysians. Even though they have constitutions and legislative bodies, certain rights and freedoms are subservient to Islamic law as applied by Sharia courts, and there is no separation between religion and state (which is seen as a purely western invention).

Israel

Israel is a parliamentary democracy, consisting of legislative, executive, and judicial branches. Its institutions are the Presidency, the Knesset (parliament), the Government (cabinet), and the Judiciary.

The system is based on the principle of separation of powers, with checks and balances, in which the executive branch (the government) is subject to the confidence of the legislative branch (the Knesset) and the law guarantees the independence of the judiciary.

The President in this system has just a few symbolic duties, with no political power. Defined by law, his duties are mostly ceremonial and formal, such as ceremonially opening the first session of a new Knesset; accepting the credentials of foreign envoys; signing treaties and laws adopted by the Knesset; appointing judges, the governor of the Bank of Israel and heads of Israel’s diplomatic missions abroad. He can pardon prisoners and commute sentences, on the advice of the minister of justice.

The President is elected once in seven years by a simple majority of the Knesset from among candidates, nominated based on their personal stature and contribution to the state.

The Israeli parliament, The Knesset is the legislative authority elected in a general election.

The Knesset, through its committees, conducts general debates on government policy and activity, as well as on legislation. Debates are conducted in Hebrew, but members may speak Arabic, as both are official languages; simultaneous translation is available.

Every citizen is eligible to vote for the Knesset from age 18 and to be elected to the Knesset from age 21. Knesset elections, for a tenure of four years, are general, national, direct, equal, secret, and proportional, with the entire country constituting a single electoral constituency. The Knesset may dissolve itself or be dissolved by the Prime Minister before the end of its term. Until a new Knesset is formally constituted following elections, full authority remains with the outgoing one.

Knesset elections are based on a vote for a party rather than for individuals, and the many political parties, which compete for election to the Knesset, reflect a wide range of outlooks and beliefs. Knesset seats are assigned in proportion to each party’s percentage of the total national vote.

The Government (cabinet of ministers) is the executive authority of the state, charged with administering internal and foreign affairs, including security matters. Its policy-making powers are very wide and it is authorized to take action on any issue, which is not delegated by law to another authority. Like the Knesset, the government usually serves for four years, but its tenure may be shortened if the Prime Minister is unable to continue in office due to death, resignation, or impeachment when the government appoints one of its members (who is a Knesset member) as acting Prime Minister.

In the case of a vote of no confidence, the government and the Prime Minister remain in their positions until a new government is formed. All the ministers must be Israeli citizens and residents of Israel; they need not be Knesset members, but a majority usually are. Ministers, with the approval of the Prime Minister and the government, may appoint a deputy minister in their ministry; all deputy ministers must be Knesset members.

To date, all governments have been based on coalitions of several parties, since no party has received enough Knesset seats to be able to form a government by itself.

The Judiciary – Israeli law guarantees the absolute independence of the judiciary. Judges are appointed by the President, upon recommendation of a special nominations committee, comprised of Supreme Court judges, members of the bar, and public figures. Judges’ appointments are for life, with a mandatory retirement age of 70.

The Override Law

November 18, 2022 By Bella Davidov Leave a Comment

God’s kingdom is not a democracy. He is the Supreme Judge and we must abide by His rules and law. We affirm, “the world is filled with His glory.” We appropriate the concept of His divine sovereignty. Until Lord Yeshua returns and establishes His Kingdom on earth, ungodly dictatorships rule many nations. Although there are democracies elected by the people, these are also ungodly, but at least they are not dictatorships.

In a democracy, there must be a separation of powers, in which the essential tasks of governance are divided among the three branches of government in accordance with the perceived strengths of each.

The coalition: the Legislative branch, which in almost every democracy is the main, most important power. It is first because it is elected by the people, and represents most of the people.
The second is the Executive branch, ensuring the state is doing what it legislated. This is equally important.
The third ruling power is the Judicial branch, which is appointed (not elected) to oversee that the government acts according to the law it legislated.

In every democracy, the Judicial branch is independent of the other branches. They cannot force the judges in their rulings.

According to Israel’s state law, only the law is above any judge. The Judicial branch is the lesser of the three branches since it is not elected by the people. Its authority is not from the people, who are sovereign in a democracy. This was the condition of the ruling powers in Israel until the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s.

Early in the 80s, a gradual change in the balance of powers occurred when the Judicial branch slowly became the most important branch imposing its power on the other two branches.

How did it happen?

In all democracies, the Judicial branch is the third in power. Even when it supervises the actions of the government according to its authority, it is limited in the scope of supervision it allows itself over the Executive branch, and especially the Legislative branch, which in Israel is the Knesset. The Judicial branch must restrain itself as the law permits since it is not an elected body. Judicial doctrines were developed to give substance to that restraint.

Judicial Restraints Removed

The first doctrine is the separation between the elected government, the ruling power, from the appointed Judicial branch.

This separation discourages courts from intervening in political questions best left to more representative branches of government. The Supreme Court’s role is to safeguard the rule of law and protect individual rights, ensuring that government action violates no explicit law while reviewing the activities of the Executive and Legislative branches. The Judicial branch has no right to abolish government laws or make up new laws that were not voted on and approved by the government. However, such is the case now in Israel wherein exists a sort of Supreme Court dictatorship.

In recent years, the State of Israel has undergone a constitutional revolution, especially with the 1992 passage of the Basic Law: ‘Human Dignity and Liberty.’ This law has only 6 conditions, not including freedom of speech or the right for the Supreme Court to abolish or add laws.

Nevertheless, the Supreme Court gave itself rights and the power to abolish Knesset legislation that in the Supreme Court’s opinion violates normative human rights guarantees.

The result is that today virtually every controversy in Israeli public life ends up, sooner or later, in a courtroom.

Justice Aharon Barak

The Supreme Court’s unprecedented power to shape the ideological debate in Israel started and is now dependent on Aharon Barak’s judicial worldview, which is mainly left-wing progressive liberal, with the excuse that the views serve the values of Israel as a “Jewish and democratic” state.

A brilliant and accomplished lawyer and judge, Aharon Barak was Attorney-General in 1975, and in 1995 became the Supreme Court president, a post he held until he retired in 2006.

Barak’s legal philosophy is that the law always has its say, on everything, and that every human behavior is subject to a legal norm, including politics, by keeping the actions of the government under his view of the law.

However, in a democracy, the court’s capacity to protect the rule of law is limited by the judge’s inherently passive role in politics. No matter how much a government action may offend his sensibilities, a judge can only review a case that comes before him in court, and even then only if the plaintiff has a sufficiently direct interest in the case, and if the issue at hand is of the kind that courts are allowed to adjudicate.

There are principles that limit the power of the judges:

The principle of “standing” dictates that only a party or someone who has suffered an injury to a right or personal interest can be heard (stand before a judge.) This restriction is important for courts to protect themselves from being overwhelmed by what the legal literature calls “unnecessary” litigation cases that do not require a judicial remedy, whose adjudication only distracts the court from properly being used. In other countries, there are laws concerning the principle of standing and the desired scope of limitation. The higher the level of limitations, the less involvement of judges in the ruling of government cases. So, the first thing that Aharon Barak did was to eliminate this requirement for the right of standing from the Israeli Judicial system. Now everyone can petition the Supreme Court in any case and matter, and the government has to be subject to the Judicial branch, meaning his view of the law.

The second principle Aharon Barak canceled was the principle of non-judgment or “justifiability;” determining which issue the court will hear. Because it is the third branch, subject to the other two elected branches, the court should exclude itself from being involved in political matters such as the conduct of foreign affairs best left in the hands of the Executive or Legislative Branches.

However, now, the Supreme Court can rule in any case and matter presented, without exception, especially in political matters.

Aharon Barak cannot stand the prospect of restricting the Supreme Court, therefore it must intervene even in government, which is an elected legislative power that in a democracy must stay separated from the appointed judiciary power.

Thirdly, Aharon Barak added to the Supreme Court the principle of reasonableness. The Supreme Court decides what is reasonable and what isn’t. Now the Supreme Court can cancel any decision made by the government without exception just because it isn’t reasonable in the judges’ opinion.

Therefore, from now on the name should be: “The Supreme Court of Reasonableness” – the “authority” without authority the Supreme Court gave itself to cancel and add laws.

These are some of the foundations Aharon Barak formed that made the Supreme Court the supreme and only ruler in the State of Israel, not in order to enforce the law, but to make the Supreme Court the ruler of law enforcement, which is contrary to real law enforcement.

The Supreme Court is now the body that decides in any matter, big or small.

Just two examples:

1. Lately, opposing the office of finances’ opinion, the Supreme Court ordered that loose tobacco be taxed.

2. When Netanyahu was PM last time and legally held several portfolios, the Supreme Court ordered Netanyahu to give up some of them.

To get rid of, not the original Supreme Court, but this Supreme Court dictatorship, there needs to be a Basic Law that will be called, “the law of separation of the ruling powers”, separating the authority of the courts in public law enforcement. This Basic Law will destroy the foundations of the Supreme Court dictatorship formed by Aharon Barak by re-establishing the laws that the Supreme Court abolished without authority. The Supreme Court would be once again the way it is supposed to be.

In recent years, former Supreme Court President Barak and his fellow justices have overruled a number of governmental decisions and actions.

Today any government official in Israel can be brought before the Supreme Court. Indeed, a sizeable number of government moves have already been stopped by the Supreme Court with the excuse of enforcement of the “rule of law.” It has become an ever-expanding empire ruled by judges. As a result, there are serious difficulties for Israel’s democratic political system, and society as a whole. The new government intends to do something about it.