This morning (Sunday) the High Court announced that it rejects the Chief Rabbinate’s request for a further hearing on the petition regarding chametz in the Passover hospitals and ruled that chametz can be introduced in hospitals on Passover. The ruling provokes great anger among representatives of the ultra-Orthodox public, who issued angry statements.
The chairman of the Finance Committee, Moshe Gafni, said: “The impudent High Court judges are taking advantage of the period between one Knesset and another, that it is impossible to raise the amendment to my law in this matter, and do not consider kosher Jews who need to attend hospital services on Passover. The overcoming clause to stop and put order in their unlimited power. ”
Deputy Minister Uri Maklev: “The court’s ruling does not come from a constitutional background, but from an alienated worldview of the judges who do not represent the majority in the Land of Israel who keep kosher on Passover. “In fact, in most of Israel, the guards keep Passover sour, and in practice harm the patients hospitalized in keeping kosher on Passover. The court in this ruling only represents itself.”
The chairman of the Constitution Committee, Yaakov Asher: “The Chametz High Court is another example of the detachment and opacity of the judges who, in the name of liberalism, are forcing their opinion on the traditional majority in the State of Israel. I am sure that these elections, five days before Passover, The loophole that allows the High Court to rule over the people. ”
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri wrote: “It is inconceivable that in a Jewish state, hospitals would be obliged to introduce chametz on Passover. Immediately after the election, the Shas faction in the Knesset will demand the promotion of the Patient Rights Bill (Amendment – Determining Arrangements for Receiving Visitors) “2020, as I instructed MK Moshe Arbel to submit in the 23rd Knesset, which seeks to maintain the status quo and authorize hospital administrators on this issue. After all, a hospital that serves a Jewish population is not similar to a hospital that serves minority populations.”
