"the court ruled that the transfer must be frozen pending further investigation.
But it subsequently transpired that all but 90 million NIS - over 1 billion shekels - had already been transferred!
In case it’s not clear: This is theft. Taking public money for institutions that were ruled by publicly-elected legislators as not being entitled to that money is theft. Over a billion shekels were stolen from the public by charedi institutions."
I am a lawyer and will respond as a judge considering this accusation of theft against the charedi defendants.
From this quote, it is completely obvious that there was no theft at all. The prosecution claims that "Taking public money for institutions that were ruled by publicly-elected legislators as not being entitled to that money is theft." However, this fails for two reasons: First, the government agency that distributed the funds, who was responsible to determine compliance, either found that the institutions met the requirements (perhaps wrongfully overlooking the subjects not taught and perhaps culpable for this themselves) and voluntarily distributed these funds to these institutions. The institutions did nothing but passively receive them from an authorized government agency. There is no obligation on the institution to review the agency's decision and decline the distribution.
Second, the court's ruling FOLLOWED the institutions taking these funds. At the time of the taking, there was no ruling that the institutions were not entitled to them. The original knesset decision requiring compliance with teaching certain subjects was a legislative act and not a ruling about anything specific. The legislation bound the government in it's obligations to dispense the funds and was not directed at any potential recipients of these funds, and thus, such recipients can clearly not be found to have violated it. Furthermore, the only order by the court was further investigation - not that the institutions must return the funds. There was not even a final determination that they were not entitled.
It is therefore clear that no theft has taken place and the accusation is without merit. This post is dismissed.
Despite the attempted dig, I'll reply. Nothing is fine. I've written repeatedly about how awful the charedi approach is and how wrong they are about so many things. But that is no excuse to falsely accuse them of "theft." That is not at all what happened here. There are plenty of things to accuse them of of which they are guilty. Stick to those and articulate it in a constructive way. Throwing mud is bad enough when it's accurate. When it's fake news, it's even worse.
The Billion Shekel Lie
"the court ruled that the transfer must be frozen pending further investigation.
But it subsequently transpired that all but 90 million NIS - over 1 billion shekels - had already been transferred!
In case it’s not clear: This is theft. Taking public money for institutions that were ruled by publicly-elected legislators as not being entitled to that money is theft. Over a billion shekels were stolen from the public by charedi institutions."
I am a lawyer and will respond as a judge considering this accusation of theft against the charedi defendants.
From this quote, it is completely obvious that there was no theft at all. The prosecution claims that "Taking public money for institutions that were ruled by publicly-elected legislators as not being entitled to that money is theft." However, this fails for two reasons: First, the government agency that distributed the funds, who was responsible to determine compliance, either found that the institutions met the requirements (perhaps wrongfully overlooking the subjects not taught and perhaps culpable for this themselves) and voluntarily distributed these funds to these institutions. The institutions did nothing but passively receive them from an authorized government agency. There is no obligation on the institution to review the agency's decision and decline the distribution.
Second, the court's ruling FOLLOWED the institutions taking these funds. At the time of the taking, there was no ruling that the institutions were not entitled to them. The original knesset decision requiring compliance with teaching certain subjects was a legislative act and not a ruling about anything specific. The legislation bound the government in it's obligations to dispense the funds and was not directed at any potential recipients of these funds, and thus, such recipients can clearly not be found to have violated it. Furthermore, the only order by the court was further investigation - not that the institutions must return the funds. There was not even a final determination that they were not entitled.
It is therefore clear that no theft has taken place and the accusation is without merit. This post is dismissed.
Everything is fine .No need to get upset,says the respectable weasling thug.
Despite the attempted dig, I'll reply. Nothing is fine. I've written repeatedly about how awful the charedi approach is and how wrong they are about so many things. But that is no excuse to falsely accuse them of "theft." That is not at all what happened here. There are plenty of things to accuse them of of which they are guilty. Stick to those and articulate it in a constructive way. Throwing mud is bad enough when it's accurate. When it's fake news, it's even worse.