Former Supreme Court head: Yogev is leading us into an abyss

Former Supreme Court chief Aharon Barak likened the rhetoric of Jewish Home MK Moti Yogev to that which preceded the assassination of Israeli Prime Minister Yitchak Rabin by a Jewish assassin in 1995.

Yogev said earlier today that the Supreme Court should be razed for green-lighting the demolition of two illegally-built structures in the Beit El settlement.

“He’s leading us into an abyss, or to a generation that will judge its judges,” Barak tells Army radio, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to distance himself from the remarks.

“[Yogev] is trying to destroy everything that we have built here — [ensuring] the separation of power … perhaps it’s not the same people or the same groups, but its a similar line that led to the murder of a prime minister,” Barak adds, referring to Rabin.