Left Attacks Olmert Over Friedmann

Many people in Israel are asking why the leftist establishment is now suddenly going after Olmert with its subservient Attorney General’s office and its hegemony over the media. After all, for years the Left’s stooges were content to sit back and turn a blind eye to Olmert’s personal corruption because he was carrying out the Left’s agenda.

The Attorney General and media in Israel only uncover “sleaze” and dirt and corruption in politicians whose politics they dislike. That is why they just can’t ever seem to take notice of all the personal corruption of Ehud Barak and Amram Mitzna. (And we all recall the whitewashing of Ezer Weizmann!) But let Bibi and his wife remove some trinkets and ashtrays without permission from the PM’s residence and the media have a field day! Or let Aryeh Deri fail to provide documented explanations for all of $40,000 out of his funds used to purchase his home….

So why the sudden determination to drive Olmert from office? It is obviously not a sudden squeamishness about bribery on the part of the stooges of the Left.

One explanation being whispered about Israel, and one I find highly plausible, is that the Left and its captive institutions are upset at Daniel Friedmann, Olmert’s Minister of Justice, and his determination to end judicial tyranny in Israel. The Left is in favor of judicial tyranny because it allows it to impose its political agenda on Israel through the courts without the inconvenience of actually having to win elections. The Left has placed Friedmann in its sites and is willing to topple Olmert to get what it wants.