The High Court began to believe in its own lies • They helped a political faction hijack contrary to the rules of democracy • If they had integrity - they would resign • Opinion

In the UK, if parliaments, there is an office in which the holder is called "The Lord of the Black Pole" or in short: "The Black Pole". He is the messenger of the Queen of England who comes to the House of Lords, sits down, and sends him to summon the common people, sitting in the House of Commons, to hear the opening speech.

July Edelstein resigned as Knesset Speaker

The "black pole" approaches the parliament door, and then slams the door in front of it to symbolize parliament's independence and sovereignty. After slamming the door, he taps her three times with the black rod, then comes in and says to the Speaker: "Sir, the Queen commands this honorable house to come to the presence of Her Majesty, right away, in the noble house of the kingdom." The chairman is up and running, but the other MPs remain standing and cursing the issue of the black pole, to make it clear to everyone that despite the monarchy, the commonwealth has an independent right to stand on their own. Her work arrangements.

The events of the last day make it clear that a great deal of thought has been invested in determining the Knesset's by-laws. Determining the timing of voting is not a technical issue. Most never formulate until the moment of the vote, so the judges' arguments in the judgment, which they defend the "majority decision" principle, became a joke at the expense of the court, even before the ink on the verdict was dry. Where is the "Democratic majority" who was interested in Meir Cohen's election?

This is why in Parliament it is customary to have a "filibuster", to earn time for negotiations or to exhaust the other party. That's why the bylaws deal with deadlines and schedules. And that is why the Basic Law and the Knesset By-Laws have entrusted the resolution of these issues to the hands of a political person, so that he may consider political considerations that the Court has no understanding of and should not be involved in.

There is no precedent in the democratic world for a court that gives a timely order, instructing the Speaker of Parliament for a plenary session.

There is no precedent in the democratic world for a parliament chaired by a court. This is contrary to any democratic standard and contrary to any principle of separation of powers. The High Court has begun to believe in its own lies. They did not defend majority voting, they helped a political party within a political party produce a kidnapper contrary to the democratic rules of the game.

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The Speaker of the Knesset warned the High Court judges that they did not know what was before them, but the High Court judges, with endless arrogance, refused to listen and sent a pre-written judgment. Everything was already ready. The Knesset Receiver appointed by the family The High Court in the High Court to dismantle the Parliament of the Commonwealth from its powers was Knesset Member Amir Peretz. Instead of carrying a black pole with him, he carried with him a judgment that a black flag was flying over it. The common people from the "just not Bibi" bloc, instead of slamming the door in their faces, applauded the loss of the Knesset's independence.

In those moments, Netanyahu and Gantz embroidered the unity government. The "democratic majority" on which the High Court defended was ascertained as a flower.

It turned out, unsurprisingly, that Edelstein was right. The High Court judges' involvement in political issues while revealing arrogance and misunderstanding slandered the institution they headed. If they had a touch of the integrity and courage of a prisoner of Zion, Yuli Edelstein, they would submit their resignation to the people of Israel today.

The writer is the legal advisor to the Movement for Governments, and the author of the book "High Court Party."