Chairman of the Central Elections Committee, Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Noam Solberg, said at a closed conference at the Hebrew University that if there is a state of emergency in which it is not possible to advance free, equal and accessible elections for all voters – “a limited, supervised and reasoned postponement may be justified – as long as it does not become a tool in the hands of the government to extend its term.” According to Solberg, when making a decision on this matter, six principles must be considered: “the necessity principle”; “the temporariness principle”; “the institutional pluralism principle”; the fourth principle – “last resort”; the fifth principle is the transparency and reasoning principle; the last principle is the return to routine. According to him, a proper postponement arrangement must include in advance the way out of it as well.
