Attacks on the Likud by Knesset Political Reports on Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein Following his courageous decision to adopt the Knesset's opinion to Attorney Ilan Yanun - although he opposes it - and to order the Knesset plenum next week to discuss Prime Minister Immunity's request The government's Benjamin Netanyahu indicates that these are businessmen who do not understand that the person who holds the office of Speaker of the Knesset and serves as the President of the State cannot act according to narrow political and political considerations.

The harsh criticism against Edelstein ("July sold us cheap") and the threats (by unknown officials who do not have the minimum courage to identify on their behalf) that the Speaker of the Knesset can only dream of fulfilling his aspiration to become the next president of the state, did not overly excite Edelstein, Because quite a few mayors and local authorities strengthened his hands and congratulated him on his decision.

Edelstein told his associates in personal talks this week that "the Likud is a much more complex body than it appears in the media publications. I did not want us to come to a conclusion that if we do not comply with the Knesset's recommendation to the Knesset, the High Court will order me to convene the Knesset and do so."

The Knesset Speaker held consultations prior to the decision, including the Knesset's participation in Knesset Ilan Yinon, Knesset Director General Albert Sakharovitz and Knesset Secretary Yardana Meller-Horowitz, and concluded that he could not ignore the fact that 65 Knesset members, representatives of all opposition factions Are behind the requirement to convene the Knesset Committee.

Not only Likud people attacked him. Blue-white chiefs and the Labor Party also accused Edelstein of acting as a politician who succumbed to the pressure of the prime minister. They even waved to him in the ultimatum and threatened that if he did not enter the plenary at the time they requested, they would begin the process of ousting him and act to elect a new Knesset chairman.

In his internal talks with the senior Knesset staff, Edelstein emphasized that he was not working under ultimatums, so he did not order the Knesset plenum at the time the chairman of the regular committee, Avi Nissenkorn, requested. He said: "I was loyal to my promise not to expedite the process and not slow it down." .

At the press conference held by Edelstein last week, the anger and anger that had accumulated inside him was evident when he said: "People who have so far not been able to pronounce the word 'state' now explain that I act for political motives. People between them and state did not even have a casual connection, blaming me for lacking state. I do not give in to mud battles with my critics. You will not cooperate - we will put you off. "

It is unfortunate to say, but few in the Likud still carry the flag of Jabotinsky. Edelstein is one of them. For many, this concept has been completely erased.