The Court’s main reasoning was that the Knesset holds two distinct roles within the Israeli state depending on the type of legislation it is enacting. In addition to its position as the legislative branch, which it occupies when dealing with ordinary legislation, the Knesset acts as a constituent assembly empowered to write a formal constitution for Israel when passing Basic Laws, deriving this authority from the First Knesset’s Harari Decision to pass on the task of writing the constitution to the Second Knesset.Navot, Suzi. The Constitution of Israel: A Contextual Analysis. Constitutional Systems of The World. Oxford, United Kingdom ; Portland, Oregon: Hart Publishing, 2014, 33-34.
