Source: Al-Manar, 22-07-2007
In response to the "Israeli" prime minister`s comments that the High Court will not be the one deciding about installing fortifications in Sderot, Supreme Court President Dorit Beinish told her associates Saturday that "Israeli" Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is terrorizing the High Court.
"The prime minister seeks to destroy this system, because it is the one that will rule on his case," the justice said.
On Friday, Olmert declared that "the government alone, and by no means the courts, will decide where and how to install protective security systems."
Olmert was responding to the "Israeli" court`s order to shield educational institutions in the Gaza perimeter by the start of the next school year.
Beinish`s aides said that the prime minister`s statements constituted a "blatant attack" on the court, and accused him of legitimizing such assaults and encouraging other ministers, notably the justice minister, to undermine the court as well.
Referring to the fortification issue, the aides said that "the High Court does not run the fortification project in Sderot. The "Israeli" government decided to fortify Sderot and the High Court ruled that they must abide by their decision."