Investigation against Eyal Golan and Kobi Peretz: "Only Mizrahi singers? This is downright racism!""

August 19, 2024   

Social media is abuzz following State Attorney Amit Isman's recommendation to open a criminal investigation against singers Eyal Golan and Kobi Peretz, on suspicion of incitement against Gaza residents. At the beginning of his program today (Monday), Erel Segal addressed the report: "Singer Kobi Peretz joins Eyal Golan's story - why them? Why not others?" "Why not Ben Caspit and Yaron London, they also spoke like that," the presenter claimed. Segal added: "I don't understand Isman's decision to open an investigation that outrages the public. Eyes should be on Judea and Samaria, we need to think about military and legal tools against the families of suicide bombers, to prevent the next suicide bomber, the legal system needs to think about how to prevent the next one." Television and radio presenter Ortal Amar posted a story on her Instagram account, in which she claimed that this was racism because journalists Ben Caspit and Yaron London also published harsh statements against the residents of Gaza. As proof of this, Amar also attached screenshots with the same statements and quotes from the two. Amar wrote in her story: "It's not enough that the situation between us is difficult, the state attorney stands up and reminds us what racism is. I was sure that in my generation the issue of Mizrahi Ashkenazim was gone. So apparently not. It seems that only Mizrahi singers are at the top of the list of culprits. "So Mr. Attorney - Yaron London and Ben Caspit also sought to erase Gaza - you didn't open an investigation against them? Ladies and gentlemen, this is racism and don't let us go back in time. My grandparents would be very angry." MK Almog Cohen of Otzma Yehudit responded: "The racist State Attorney Amit Isman and his unbridled emissaries are proving to the citizens of the country better than anyone what selective enforcement is. While he is ordering investigations to be opened against Eyal Golan and Kobi Peretz, hundreds of the murderers of the Nuhba are waiting in the Yemeni field for an indictment for what they did to the citizens of the country. It would be good if he resigned from his position, and even better one hour earlier." https://twitter.com/ivgiz/status/1825450319834153288 MK Yitzhak Kreuzer of the Jewish party responded: "I mainly feel sorry for Isman - for his main role as the devil's advocate for our greatest adversaries. This time Isman chooses to sacrifice on the altar of prostration to the anti-Semitic court in The Hague the duo of singers Eyal Golan and Kobi Peretz. The statements of the duo of Mizrahi singers have indeed been heard many times by celebrities Chiron London and Ben Caspit and even by residents of the kibbutzim in the encirclement, President Herzog and Knesset member Ram Ben Barak. "But in their criminal negligence, the duo forgot a fundamental and important detail - because unlike them, Golan and Peretz are doubly sinful in their primitive origin, may God have mercy on them, and in their affiliation with the wrong tribe. But let us not be mistaken! Isman also proves that in his case, he is one of the greatest "village fools" in our country, and that if he had not first consulted with his mentor, Judge Aharon Barak, who would have explained to him that all his desperate attempts to please the hackers in The Hague were doomed to abject failure. "Yes, even the same Barak who for many decades told us about his extensive connections in the lounges of international courts, quickly realized that none of these would stand in his favor when he stood as the defender of the Jewish people against our greatest enemies in the court in The Hague." MK Ariel Kellner from the Likud addressed the chair of the Constitution Committee, MK Simcha Rotman, demanding an urgent meeting of the committee to discuss the Attorney General's policy, in light of the announcement of the decision to open an investigation against the singers. According to MK Kellner, the case of Eyal Golan raises serious questions about the prosecution's enforcement policy. "Like many Israeli citizens, I could not help but wonder how Golan's statement was responded to by opening an investigation while repeated public calls of 'with blood and fire we will redeem Palestine' were defined by the prosecution as part of freedom of expression." Kellner emphasized in his letter to Rotman that the prosecution's conduct on this and other issues undermines public trust in the legal system and law enforcement in the State of Israel. "Unfortunately, we are once again witnessing a loss of direction, double standards expressed in strict enforcement against a loving brother and tolerance towards the enemy and his supporters." He also wondered why an investigation was opened against Eyal Golan when similar things were also said by journalists such as Yaron London and Ben Caspit, who were not investigated. "Is their belonging to the 'right camp' the reason for the forgiving attitude toward them?" Kellner wondered, expressing concern that these double standards are damaging public trust in the enforcement systems and the prosecution. "We must ensure that the prosecution operates in accordance with equal and objective principles, which clearly distinguish between an enemy and a fellow citizen."