One of the things I like about most of the Haredi MKs is that they are very witty and almost always have a sharp retort at hand on pretty much any issue up for discussion. I appreciate sharp wit.

So, here are the best responses I have seen to the Supreme Court announcement yesterday rejecting Moshe Abutbol's appeal and upholding the District Court's decision calling for new elections in Bet Shemesh:

 * MK Yaakov Asher: apologized to the Arabs for having caused new elections in Nazareth, which will surely be a bother for the to have to go vote again. Asher said if not for the Court wanting to decide on elections in Bet Shemesh, they would not have in Nazareth.

 * Mayor of Bet Shemesh Moshe Abutbol gave two separate responses, with two different tones.. one for the secular community and one for the haredi community
          * for secular: it is painful that the trend of "no Abutbols and Hodeds" has also snuck into the halls of the justice system.. I hope that the justice system wont try to interfere with the electiosn repeatedly until it gets the 'good' results it is looking for...
          * for haredi: We must be thankful that they still allow the haredi community to vote in elections, despite not being willing to follow its decisions.

 * MK Meir Porush: we now have an opportunity to subdue the Supreme Court in a democratic way and establish Moshe Abutbol as mayor of Bet Shemesh.

 * MK Moshe Gafni: it was clear that the court would not forgo the opportunity to remove a haredi mayor from his position. If it would be under the authority of the court to appoint Eli Cohen as mayor, the judges would have done that.

there were other responses as well from other MKs, but they were boring statements..




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