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“In a democracy, according to Barak, courts are placed above the government”

The current Israeli legal system is almost entirely the creation of one man, Aharon Barak

Another drama unfolded in Neve Yaakov, almost simultaneously with the terrorist attack

Rav Noach Weinberg used to say, “In a crazy world, we [i.e., Torah Jews] are the least crazy”

In the realm of ideas, there are no permanent defeats, but also no permanent victories

No government action or failure to act was beyond the purview of the Barak Court