[Avodah] Katzav goes to prison

[Zev Sero]

On 7/12/2011 10:53 AM, Eli Turkel wrote:
> I would assume that in Israel mesirah for white collar crimes would be permitted

The whole topic of mesirah is more complicated in Israel because the
issur is mesirah *legoy*.  Even if one considers the medinah and its
legal system as "goyish", and all its officers as "dinam kegoyim", I
doubt that this can be applied to these laws.  Just as the most fanatical
anti-zionist will concede that one is still obligated to give tzedaka to
a poor zionist, and to save a drowning one, he will surely concede that
one may be alone with a zionist, and take a haircut from one, and therefore
that it's at least plausible that there is no issur of mesirah to one.

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