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25th Knesset · outgoing

State Education Law (Amendment – Prohibition on Supporting Terrorism) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק חינוך ממלכתי (תיקון - איסור תמיכה בטרור)

TL;DRA proposal to add a section to the State Education Law allowing the disqualification of education workers who support terrorism or belong to terrorist organizations.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal provides for establishing a council for preventing support for terrorism to be set up by the Minister of Education, made up of representatives of the security services, the police and local government. The council will be able to disqualify the appointment or continued employment of a teacher, supervisor, principal or other education worker if they expressed support for terrorism, for a terrorist organization or support for an enemy state, or if they belong to a terrorist organization. In addition, the proposal establishes a prohibition on education workers conducting propaganda in support of terrorism among students.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 27, 2023

The votes on this bill

Rejected5 for · 28 against · 0 abstained · 87 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudAgainst 13 · Absent 19
ShasAgainst 4 · Absent 7
Religious ZionismAgainst 3 · Absent 4
Otzma YehuditAgainst 1 · Absent 5
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidAbsent 24
Yisrael BeytenuFor 5 · Absent 1
Ra'amAgainst 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 4 · Absent 1
LaborAbsent 4

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