The Supreme Court favors women competing on the haredi list

At a hearing in the Supreme Court enlarged by the judge in Chief Hayut and Judges Meltzer, Hendel, Fogelman and Kara, the judges rendered a ruling in the context of the petition against the Haredi party Agudat Yisrael, ordering it to amend a clause of its statutes to allow the inclusion of women as candidates in the list of the Knesset.

The Hearing, Nivcharot Racheli Rochgold, the director of the Legislative Branch, abruptly referred to the judges and shouted, "I am sitting here at the hearing and they are discussing # 39; deep legal arguments, while I ask the honorable judges of I can not stop myself and I have to scream what's in my heart for all the haredi women, for my daughters, for their future – because here it will be decided. y the areas that concern us: women's medicine, badual abuse, hygiene. We are invisible. "

The Supreme Court ruled this morning in the petition against the party Agudat Yisrael, ordering the party to amend its confederation statutes to allow women to be immediately listed on the party list.

Women attend a Supreme Court hearing against Agudat Yisrael

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The decision means that on 2 September 2018, the Agudat Yisrael party must expurgate the discriminatory clause of its regulations, if not the same. case will return to the Supreme Court which The Nivcharot Movement considers the decision as a "decision / historic opportunity, as it will result in an amendment to an injustice against women that originated at the time of the creation of the State that contradicts the wording of the declaration of independence: "In the state of Israel, the principle of equality was generally recognized and the principle of equality between the states in by the Declaration of Independence establishes the commitment of the new State to the full equality of social and political rights for all its citizens, irrespective of religion, race or bad "and the law on the Equal Rights of Women (1951), which aims at women's equality – equal rights and duties, public life, society and the economy, and the whole of the legal system ". It should be noted that the Supreme Court has recognized the law as having a special status and that it is superior to ordinary law. "

The petition, presented by attorney Tamar Ben-Porat in March 2015, relates to Article 6 ( Party Membership ) in the Agudat Rules. Yisrael and is also addressed to the Registrar of Associations who approved these regulations, according to which "a member of the party may be: A Jewish man who is 18 years old or older and who observes the Torah and Mitzvot, who is among those who fear speech of God and identifies with Agudat Yisrael and his objectives, which subordinates himself to the Council of Elders of the Torah of Agudat Yisrael and accepts his authority over himself. "

Attorney Ben-Porat summarizes and said that "the Supreme Court has had the opportunity today to make a landmark decision on the status of women." From the judges' point of view at the hearing, up to now, it seems that the Supreme Court believes that the haredi practice seriously violates women's rights, and we are optimistic that Sep 2 as ordered by the court, a just verdict will be given. At the same time, we will honor the court's decision to give Agudat Yisrael the opportunity to remove the discriminatory clause and correct the injustice itself. If they do not, the court will intervene and decide.

Esti Shoshan, co-founder and co-CEO of Nivcharot, also referred to the decision: "The organization of Nivcharot is proud to lead the revolution and does not give up. We are delighted that the Supreme Court has chosen the path of equality and justice; it can not be otherwise in a democratic state. "

Shoshan's partner, Esti Rieder, said:" It's a historic day; it's exciting to see a room filled with haredi women who, for three years, have not dreamed that they would have the guts to make noise and certainly not sit in it. audience room and ask him for relief.

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