The danger in entering the court of the political arena is first and foremost for himself. • Justice Landau warned: "Restraint is required.

This writer believes with all his heart that no democracy is worthy of its own name without an independent judiciary. What's more: Knesset legislation, in exceptional and exceptional cases, is also a matter for judicial review. In the 72 years of the state, the executive and the legislature have respected the judiciary and maintained its status, even as criticism has increased among the people and its representatives. Because of one danger, no one will be able to keep the judiciary: from itself. 

Suffice it to look at Supreme Court rulings in less than a week (including Memorial Day and Independence Day): the repeal of the Infiltrators' Deposit Law. Cancellation of ISA hospitalization for corona patients Cancellation of the ban on the introduction of chametz to the Passover hospitals. In two words: power intoxication. Where are the days when Supreme Court justices wrote in their judgments about the need for self-restraint when the court considered interfering with the powers of the other authorities? The subject of infiltrators is a clear example of over-intervention. The High Court intervened four times in four different laws that resulted in different Knesset ministers. The period of imprisonment for "infiltrators" to the country "collapses" from three years to three months (!), And the maximum period of stay in the "facility" established by the state in the "sands" is also a dramatic contraction. And now, the secession of some of the infiltrators' wages into a deposit at their disposal upon leaving the country - has also been canceled. 

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This is how the judiciary hit all the significant tools designed to encourage infiltrators to leave the country. The infiltrators understood the message well and their departure from the country significantly diminished. Who was hurt? The interests of the state and its citizens. According to the judgments, it is not difficult to recognize that under the cancellation of the policies of the elected governments, the judges set their worldview. However, no one chose judges to apply their subjective worldview instead of those chosen to set policy. 

The danger of entering the political arena is, first and foremost, itself. This is well understood in the past of our trial giants. The Supreme Court President in the early 1980s, Judge Moshe Landau, warned for almost 20 years after the end of his term: "Plato in his state book offered to give the state government a tier of sages who received special education for this purpose. The Supreme Court puts themselves in such a state of smart rule ... So I would like to see more restraint. In ancestral chapters it says "Hoo moderate in law." And that's what the court needs. Moderation. " 

Not the Supreme Court alone is responsible for this state of affairs. For decades, the Knesset has avoided enacting the Basic Law: the legislation, which also regulates the subject of judicial review of the legislation, its causes and boundaries. The political system also avoided any significant reforms in the legal system. Basic Law: The legislation, which also includes a cease-fire, is a temporary order. Continuing to abstain from this vital legislation will be a cry for generations and will cause irreparable damage to public trust in the judiciary and the elected authorities. Despite the differences in approaches and perceptions in the Knesset, I believe that a broad and historic agreement can be drawn up around such balanced legislation, and one hour before.