Judicial Authority condemns Gotliv, backs security guards after she calls them ‘Judenrat’

The Judicial Authority, an umbrella body representing the Israeli court system, voices support for court security guards after a Likud lawmaker compared them to Jews who did the bidding of the Nazis.

In the incident earlier today, Likud MK Tally Gotliv made offensive remarks to a security guard as she was being who removed from the Lod – Central District Court on the instructions of the presiding judge. She called one of the guards “an animal.” Outside the courtroom, after he told her he was doing his job, she responded, “It’s not your job. The Judenraete also had [work].”

The Judenraete were Nazi-established Jewish administrative councils that were forced to ensure Nazi orders were implemented.

“Personnel of the court security service, the Judicial Authority supports you,” the Judicial Authority says in a statement. “Continue to carry out your work faithfully and with dedication to protect the security of workers and the public, and [to] maintain public order in the courts, and not to allow anyone to divert you from fulfilling your duty.”

The statement added, “The Judicial Authority strongly condemns the behavior and words of MK Gotliv, and will not tolerate any attempt to harm the proper course of hearings, or officials performing their duties.”

Gotliv has repeatedly interrupted court proceedings over the last two years, including disrupting hearings in the High Court of Justice, and has been removed from courtrooms as a result on multiple occasions.