Quick to Pull the Trigger Against the Great Ones of Israel

And here, another glimpse of the campaign of persecution against the Gaon and Tzaddik Rav Eliezer Berland shlit"a is revealed. If until now media outlets could still ignore the biased persecution against Rav Berland shlit"a, it will likely be more difficult now.

We all remember that the courts ruled several times to release our teacher, Rav Berland shlit"a, but unfortunately, this angered certain people who rushed to reject these rulings. Among the judges who hurried and rejoiced to overturn the release decisions, Judge Joya Skappa-Shapira stood out, who chose to add harsh arguments to her reasoning just before sending our teacher, the Rav, to detention until the end of proceedings. The judge did not consider that Rav Berland shlit"a is already nearing the age of eighty and that his health is far from stable. The judge also chose to ignore the fact that, in reality, there are no solid claims against the Rav shlit"a. However, it seems the atmosphere of persecution has already spread deep into the rotten channels, and with disgusting, empty arguments, the move was buried under a cloak of delay and persecution.

If the Arranger of Plots had not wanted to expose the systematic nature of the failure, it is likely that, except for the people of Rav Berland shlit"a, the ruling would have seemed correct to an outside observer. And suddenly, a public storm arises against that same judge, and suddenly, prominent figures awaken to claim that it seems the hand of that judge was quick on the trigger.

These are the things published on Channel 2 News: "Judges Hagit Mak-Kalmanovitz and Joya Skappa-Shapira, serving in the Magistrate and District Courts in the city, decided in the course of their duties to postpone the prison sentence imposed on the terrorist who carried out the attack (the murderous shooting attack near Ammunition Hill), and also to postpone his arrest for violating an entry order to Jerusalem in the last month. Since last night, posts have spread on social media containing hateful messages against the judges."

"In one of the posts written against Skappa-Shapira, it was written: 'We will not forget and we will not forgive,' as well as, 'Judges whose hands are quick against terrorists but hard against soldiers who protect the People of Israel—is there a greater absurdity than this?' Another post directed against Judge Mak-Kalmanovitz carried a similar inscription, noting that 'the justice system treats a terrorist as if he were a white-collar criminal.' During the day, MK Yehuda Glick (Likud) also published an especially sharp post against Mak-Kalmanovitz, claiming that she 'preferred terrorists' over him in one of the hearings where it was decided to distance him from the Temple Mount. 'It is Erev Yom Kippur and I do not forgive you,' he wrote. 'I will never forget that day when I stood before you. You preferred to believe the terrorists and their Muslim accomplices.'

'I submitted a polygraph test to you, but you accused me of acting not according to the rules of procedure,' MK Glick continued. 'I cried out before you, asking if you were interested in the truth or in 'rules of procedure,' but you mocked me. You preferred the terrorists over me and decided on my distancing from the Temple Mount because, as you defined it, 'there is a fear of danger from me.' You preferred to believe the violent, the terrorists, the scoundrels, the liars. I felt that you were assassinating my life! Exactly one week later, based on the tailwind he received from you, Mutaz Hijazi tried to shoot me and murder me. His assassination attempt did not hurt me at all; your assassination attempt was like a knife piercing the heart.' Glick concluded: 'As a result of you postponing the serving of a terrorist's prison sentence for four months, he murdered two innocent Jews yesterday and wounded many others. On Erev Yom Kippur, before your Creator, will you be able to wash your hands clean?'

And to our matter. It is true that, ostensibly, there is no direct connection between the harsh claims against Judge Shapira and her puzzling decision against Rav Berland shlit"a. But, in reality, a difficult picture is painted before our eyes in which the Israeli judicial system in general, and Judge Shapira in particular, are quick on the trigger regarding great Torah rabbis who represent a large and important public. Yet, against declared enemies of Israel who are not afraid to express their hatred in public, they fear harming their delicate souls and their human rights.

It is painful that things have reached this point, but it is joyful to see how the Master of the World reveals more than a glimpse to those who want to choose the truth.