It is abundantly clear that when an agenda benefits the left-wing and anti-religious in Israel, there is rarely ever an issue of a conflict of interests, since pushing that agenda is never controversial among the nation’s power brokers.

Another example occurred this week, but most are not likely to have been aware of the connection, concerns High Court Justice Dr. Yoram Danziger, who is one of three judges who this week demanded an explanation from the state as to why 16 homes in the Shomron have not yet been torn down as ordered.

One of those homes belongs to the widow and children of IDF Major Roi Klein HY”D (http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=48691), who is best remembered for jumping on a grenade during Second Lebanon War while shouting Shema Yisrael, thereby saving many lives, the lives of his subordinates. Now they face the prospect of being homeless.

Back to the point however; the petition with the court was filed five years ago by the radical left-wing Peace Now (Shalom Achshav) organization, which devotes much time and resources to dismantling Jewish homes throughout Yehuda and Shomron. What is not publicized however is that Justice Danziger is affiliated with the organization, as was printed in a news report in May 1978, when he appeared together with Arab students speaking in Tel Aviv University, expressing their solidarity with the PLO. In that article, Danziger is described as “a Tel Aviv University student and a member of Shalom Achshav”.

One should remember, at that time, the PLO was viewed as terrorist organization by both the United States and Israel. Even Peace Now was careful in those days, not coming out in direct support of the PLO, the weekly Major Rishon reports.

In his response to the report, Danziger states that he was indeed present at the Arab student event in the university, but that is not to say that he identifies with the views of Peace Now.

When asked if it might have been fitting for the good judge to disqualify himself from a hearing involving Peace Now, a spokesman for the High Court of Justice released a statement explaining that Danziger explains he was not active in Peace Now and not among its founding members. The judge adds that in the late 1970s, he did attend public events and protests, and it is indeed possible that he did attend Peace Now events. Since so much time has passed since then he explains, he sees no conflict of interests regarding his presence at such a hearing.

Attorney Doron Nir-Tzvi, who is representing a resident of Charsha, whose home is among the 16 slated for demolition, it is indeed incumbent upon Justice Danziger to disqualify himself from a Peace Now hearing.

(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)