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25th Knesset · outgoing

Counter-Terrorism Law (Amendment – Non-Return of Terrorists' Bodies) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק המאבק בטרור (תיקון - אי-החזרת גופות מחבלים)

TL;DRA bill to hold the bodies of people killed while carrying out terror attacks and not return them to their families, but bury them in a cemetery for enemy dead.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill adds a section to the Counter-Terrorism Law providing that the body of anyone killed while carrying out an act of terror will be buried in a cemetery for enemy dead and will not be returned to their family. The Prime Minister may, in exceptional cases at their discretion, order the body returned to the family. The Minister of Defense, in coordination with the Minister of Health and the Minister of Religious Services, will determine the burial site, which is part of a cemetery or another place.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: February 14, 2024
Initiated by: coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed28 for · 10 against · 0 abstained · 82 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 72 seats

LikudFor 11 · Absent 21
ShasFor 5 · Absent 6
Blue and White – National UnityFor 1 · Absent 7
United Torah JudaismFor 1 · Absent 6
Religious ZionismFor 3 · Absent 4
Otzma YehuditFor 1 · Absent 5
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 48 seats

Yesh AtidAgainst 2 · Absent 22
Yisrael BeytenuFor 6
Ra'amAgainst 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 5
LaborAbsent 4
New Hope – The United RightAbsent 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 2Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Counter-Terrorism Law (Amendment – Non-Return of Terrorists' Bodies) BillDecember 11, 2024Counter-Terrorism Law (Amendment – Non-Return of Terrorists' Bodies) BillFebruary 14, 2024