Israeli influence in NZ Judiciary deeply concerning
John Minto’s exclusive on the manifestly unjust sentence handed out to a Kiwi bloke who had a punch up with the IDF asks big questions of Israeli influence over our judicial system.
Any one else convicted of a punch up in a pub would not be facing 2 and a half years in prison!
Let’s be very clear, I am not endorsing violence.
No matter the provocation and outrageous behaviour of the IDF, you can’t start fights in pubs.
It was unacceptable of this guy to have started a fight, he had to be punished, but punishment for a first offence assault in a pub is usually a fine with community service, it sure as Christ isn’t 2 years and 4 months inside prison!
Some of the important questions we need the answers to:
- Who in the police was contacted by the Israeli Embassy to apply this pressure?
- How was this conveyed to the police investigating the assault?
- Did any NZ politicians contact the police to apply pressure by “asking about progress in the case”?
- Were any government ministers or MPs involved?
- Were the police told “Israel and the US are watching us” so make sure you go hard on this one?
- Why was the usual police procedure overridden with an “expedited legal proceeding”?
- Why did the police seek a seven-year sentence for a punch by a first time offender?
- Have the police ever sought such a sentence before in any circumstances? If so give us the details of the case?
- Why have the police and the courts allowed their roles to be politicised on behalf of a racist apartheid state whose leader is wanted for trial at the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity?
You can’t throw a Kiwi inside jail for 2 and half years for punching a member of the IDF!
Ironically this is a disproportionate Israeli level response!
