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NEWS
Hatzofeh Article Against Gedolei Yisroel
by E Rauchberger
The brazen remarks against gedolei Yisroel published
in Hatzofeh two weeks ago, "are not appropriate for
handling in the criminal sphere and do not constitute a
criminal violation of the law," Justice Minister Livni told
the Knesset plenum, quoting a response by Attorney-General
Mani Mazuz to a complaint filed by MK Rabbi Moshe Gafni
against Hatzofeh and the writer who penned the highly
objectionable article.
Minister Livni emphasized that her opinion was given only
from a legal standpoint and "of course anyone affected by the
article reserves the right to file a claim based on the law
prohibiting libel, including a criminal complaint."
MK Rabbi Gafni said he disagreed with the answer and in any
event he intends to continue addressing the issue, not
allowing it to fall off the agenda unless the writer prints a
retraction. "There is also a halachic obligation to object to
what he wrote, as it says in maseches Ovos: `Hizoharu
begachalason shel talmidei chachomim.'"
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