Following the petition of the representatives of the Zionist synagogues in Jerusalem to postpone the election of the chief rabbis , which was first published in Maariv, the Minister of Religions informed the High Court that he had decided to postpone the elections as required. The issue and the difficulties that have become acute between the closeness of time between the date of the elections for the chief rabbis and the date of the elections for the local authorities, he decided to act to promote a legislative amendment to extend the term of office of the serving chief rabbis and to postpone the elections."

As I recall, the petition was submitted because the delegation feared that the involvement of the municipal authorities in the election of the chief rabbis, when the election of the chief rabbis takes place approximately three months before the elections for the municipal authorities, would lead to "real concern for the purity of the morals" due to the political considerations that will be considered by the heads of the authorities who are putting themselves up for another election.

In the petition, submitted by attorney Ilan Kaminetzky, it is stated that the remedies required in the petition are needed "in a necessary and necessary manner to protect the rule of law and the observance of the purity of morals and the prevention of an invalid and politically biased procedure, for the selection of the chief rabbis of Israel." As mentioned, the Minister of Religion accepted what was stated in the petition more before holding a discussion on the subject.

Attorney Ilan Kaminetzky (Photo: Courtesy of the photographer)

Attorney Ilan Kaminetzky told Maariv: "We are happy that the state accepted our position that there is an obligation to prevent damage to the purity of the elections. Elections for chief rabbis should be free of political considerations. We will continue to stand guard for a clean election process and maintain the purity of the elections and the institution of the Chief Rabbinate."