Citizens: Are we not human beings too?
Following in the unwise steps of the U.S., Israel's Supreme Court struck down a law to detain and deport illegal immigrants. Now the invasion will take over south Tel Aviv where no justices reside.
In a Times of Israel article heded In dramatic ruling, High Court rejects Israel’s policies on illegal migrants, we learn that In a landmark ruling, the High Court of Justice knocked down the Knesset’s “infiltrator law” on Monday, declared that the practice of holding African migrants in facilities in southern Israel for up to a year was illegal, and ordered the state to shutter the contested Holot center within 90 days
The ruling may jeopardize the Court's authority as some Knesset members vow to disregard the ruling.
Lame duck Interior Minister Gideon Sa’ar said he could “not accept the verdict of the High Court,” which, if implemented, would mean “we won’t have a Jewish democratic state because our borders will be overrun… with illegal infiltrators.” He said the court had “made a mistake” and that the Knesset would now have to pass legislation preventing the High Court from intervening on the issue.
Sa'ar's only concern seems to be demographics. The people of southern Tel Aviv object to the illegals roaming freely in their neighborhoods because, they claim, many of the illegals are committing crimes - theft and rape among them.
According to the Times article, The court decision adopted the position of human rights groups and shot down an appeal submitted on behalf of the residents of southern Tel Aviv, where many migrants live and where veteran residents claim they fear for their safety. The court maintained that the extended detention of migrants was a violation of their rights.
Housing Minister Uri Ariel, of the Orthodox-nationalist Jewish Home party, said the High Court “broke a new record today on turning its back on the state of Israel.”
Jewish Home MK Ayelet Shaked, who heads the Knesset caucus on migrants, declared: “Today the lives of hundreds of thousands of Israelis were destroyed.”
A statement from the Israeli Immigration Policy Center maintained the decision “put an end to the hopes of the residents of south Tel Aviv, and to any process of removing the infiltrators."
In a related Times of Israel article, Shlomo Maslawi, leader of the Ganei HaTikvah Neighborhood Association, said, “The High Court revealed its insensitivity and accepted the appeals of human rights organizations. Are we not human beings too? Now why would the infiltrators ever leave?” Gila, another resident of south Tel Aviv, said, “This was heaven here before the Eritreans and Sudanese arrived.”
Apparently the Israeli justices take their lead from U.S. politicians and courts which have, for several administrations, made illegals legal by the swipe of a pen or a fiat from on high.
In the U.S., most of the illegals - to be politically correct, undocumented aliens - cross the border for a better life; few are - or at least were - Islamist terrorists.
In the U.S., most illegals find work and avoid criminal activities.
In the U.S., residents (except in New York City) are allowed to arm themselves to protect life and property; that is NOT the case in Israel where residents are defenseless; like New York City, only the terrorists and criminals can have weapons.
At least the U.S. is big enough to absorb the illegals; it is able to add more burdensome taxes on the legal residents to feed, house, teach, and provide medical care for the illegals. Israel is about the size of New Jersey. It already taxes its population for socialized everything and for a huge defense budget; New Jersey at least doesn't have a defense budget to worry the taxpayers.
When a court starts putting invaders ahead of the citizens rights and safety, something is wrong with the court and it needs to be abolished and re-established with a mandate to provide justice for all - not just illegal immigrants, criminals, and terrorists.
