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25th Knesset · outgoing

Basic Law: The Knesset (Amendment – Expanding the Grounds for Preventing Participation in Elections) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק-יסוד: הכנסת (תיקון - הרחבת העילות למניעת השתתפות בבחירות)

TL;DRThe bill expands the grounds for preventing participation in Knesset elections, in order to exclude candidates who support terror, and changes the appeal process at the Supreme Court.

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What does the bill do?

The bill changes Section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset to expand the definition of support for terror that may serve as grounds for barring candidates or competing lists. In addition, the bill sets that a decision of the Central Elections Committee to disqualify candidates will be subject to appeal at the Supreme Court (as opposed to the approval procedure that currently exists), and sets that parties in a joint venture will be considered separate parties for the purpose of disqualification.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: October 30, 2024

The votes on this bill

Passed61 for · 35 against · 0 abstained · 24 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudFor 26 · Absent 6
ShasFor 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismFor 4 · Absent 3
Religious ZionismFor 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditFor 4 · Absent 2
NoamFor 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAgainst 22 · Absent 2
Ra'amAgainst 4 · Absent 1
LaborAgainst 3 · Absent 1

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