Haaretz: Netanyahu Should Be Dismissed For Incapacity – Netanyahu’s Behavior Is Unacceptable And Even Inconceivable, For A Whole Host Of Reasons That, Taken Together, Indicate That The Man Is No Longer Able To Carry Out His Duty|…

 Haaretz: Netanyahu Should Be Dismissed For Incapacity — Netanyahu’s Behavior Is Unacceptable And Even Inconceivable, For A Whole Host Of Reasons That, Taken Together, Indicate That The Man Is No Longer Able To Carry Out His Duty| Opinion | Talia Sasson

I Once Believed Israel’s High Court Shouldn’t Declare Netanyahu’s Incapacitation. Not Anymore

Israel’s prime minister is causing severe damage to public trust in government systems by attempting to remove key gatekeepers. He is no longer fit to carry out his duties and should be dismissed for incapacity

Recent events have intensified the sense among Israeli citizens that they are with their back to the wall, with no other protection other than a High Court of Justice ruling, dismissing Netanyahu on the grounds of incapacitation – as he is unable and unfit to carry out his duty.

The statement announcing the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief, in stark contradiction to the instructions of the attorney general, along with the scheduling of a debate on the dismissal of the attorney general herself on Sunday, represent the crossing of a red line.

Bar’s dismissal and the dismissal of the attorney general are both marked by a deep conflict of interest. Bar’s dismissal is being initiated as the Shin Bet conducts a highly sensitive investigation of Netanyahu’s senior officials on suspicion of harming state security in the Qatargate affair.

His dismissal sends a signal to those investigating the affair that whoever carries out his or her duty according to the public interest rather than Netanyahu’s personal interest will be dismissed or persecuted. It’s a move that is intended to weaken the hands of those investigating the affair.

Netanyahu himself explained the dismissal with the claim that he has no trust in Bar. Bar explained that he is bound by law to be loyal to the public interest rather than to Netanyahu’s personal interest.

There seems to be no disagreement about the prime minister’s demand that Bar displays personal loyalty to him – a demand that is in itself illegal. The attorney general wrote as much to Netanyahu in her urgent letter…

The dismissal of Bar, following the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Galant and the pressure by Netanyahu that led to the resignation of Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi – all these undermine public confidence in the state’s institutions of government.

A prime minister who works for the dismissal of all senior government officials in Israel and instigates a delegitimization and smear campaign against Supreme Court President Isaac Amit, causes grave harm to public confidence in the systems of government… The only way to put an end to this is to dismiss him for incapacity.

The old incapacity law is theoretically still in effect, as the High Court of Justice decided to postpone the new law, legislated for Netanyahu’s personal benefit, from coming into effect until after the next election. There is, then, a law which allows the Supreme Court to rule that the attorney general must initiate incapacity proceedings…

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