It was noted that double standards were employed in both the Feiglin and Arutz-7 decisions. "It is noteworthy," wrote Dr. Aaron Lerner of IMRA today, "that while Feiglin and others associated with the handful of temporary road-blocking incidents in protest of Oslo were prosecuted for their action, to this day MK Amir Peretz (Am Echad) has never been charged for causing what may reach billions of dollars of damage due to illegal strikes and protest activities carried out over the years by the Histradrut Labor Union under his direction. While Feiglin closed a few crossroads down for a few minutes, Peretz's group has illegally closed down major highways for hours at a time - in one action even physically blocking the runways at Ben-Gurion Airport. Besides illegally blocking roads, over the years Peretz's organization has violated orders to return to work and taken other illegal activity that has cost the Israeli public and economy dearly."
It was also noted that the Supreme Court's decision to freeze the Arutz-7 legislation was tainted, retroactively, with similar double standards. On Oct. 28 of this year, Arutz-7 reported on a query addressed to Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein regarding the government's retroactive legalization of pirate taxi lines. Two Arutz-7 staffers asked him why it is acceptable to grant retroactive legalization to taxi lines, in light of the Supreme Court's disqualification of a Knesset law that would have done the same for Arutz-7. It should be noted that Arutz-7 is not and never was illegal, as its broadcasts from extra-territorial waters are not under Israel's jurisdiction.
It was also noted that the Supreme Court's decision to freeze the Arutz-7 legislation was tainted, retroactively, with similar double standards. On Oct. 28 of this year, Arutz-7 reported on a query addressed to Attorney-General Elyakim Rubenstein regarding the government's retroactive legalization of pirate taxi lines. Two Arutz-7 staffers asked him why it is acceptable to grant retroactive legalization to taxi lines, in light of the Supreme Court's disqualification of a Knesset law that would have done the same for Arutz-7. It should be noted that Arutz-7 is not and never was illegal, as its broadcasts from extra-territorial waters are not under Israel's jurisdiction.