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The Legal Forum for the Land of Israel says the State Attorney's Office (SAO) and Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein have put politics before professionalism in the matter of Migron. The Forum asked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to devote time in the next cabinet meeting to a discussion of the professional behavior of the SAO and the AG in legal proceedings regarding the community of Migron. Forum Director Nachi Eyal accused the Justice Ministry officials of purposely disobeying the government's decisions in the way they presented the official position on Migron in the High Court. Supreme Court President Asher Gronis ruled...

The Ministry of Justice issued a statement Tuesday justifying the arrest of Rav Dov Lior Monday as he was driving down a highway. “No one is above the law,” the Ministry stated, and refused to apologize for what many called an "abduction." The arrest caused fury in the religious-Zionist sector, with some demanding an official apology. "The arrest warrant against Rav Lior was issued a long time ago with the knowledge and approval of the Attorney General, the State Attorney and the Prosecution, after Rav Lior refused to show up for questioning," the statement explained. “In a state where the...

100 judges sacked Baghdad, Iraq Press, November 21, 2003 – The Justice Ministry has sacked 100 judges who preserved their posts in the aftermath of the overthrow of President Saddam Hussein’s regime. The layoff is the largest purge in the judicial system since Iraq emerged as a state in 1920. The judges were removed from office for “making legal errors during their service under the former regime,” Justice Minister Hashem al-Shibli told Iraq Press. The judiciary, like other branches of government under Saddam Hussein, was plagued with bribery and massive violations of human rights. The judges say they had no...

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Justice Ministry officials said Thursday they were investigating a claim by an Israeli spokesman for a religious sect that the first human clone has been brought to Israel. In December, a company called Clonaid claimed it had performed the first successful cloning of a human, an infant it called Eve. The company has never delivered on a promise to present mother and child to DNA testing. The religious sect behind Clonaid, a group called the Raelians, believes life on Earth was started by space aliens. Clonaid never released information the whereabouts of the alleged clone. An Israeli spokesman for the...