Penal Law (Amendment – Defacing Posters on Grounds of Gender) Bill
Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - השחתת מודעות על רקע מגדר)
TL;DRA bill to add a new offense to the Penal Law: threats, assault or property damage aimed at excluding women from public places, with an aggravated penalty.
Translated from Hebrew
What does the bill do?
The bill adds a new section to the Penal Law imposing an aggravated penalty for offenses of threats, assault or property damage whose aim is to prevent women from using public places or to prevent images of women from being displayed in them. For example: defacing signs showing women. The bill addresses the phenomenon of the exclusion of women from the public sphere.
Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: February 18, 2026
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗
The votes on this bill
Rejected36 for · 53 against · 0 abstained · 31 did not vote
Coalition 67 seats
LikudAgainst 27 · Absent 5
ShasAgainst 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismAgainst 3 · Absent 4
Religious ZionismAgainst 7
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 3 · Absent 1
Left the coalition 9 seats
Blue and White – National UnityFor 5 · Absent 3
NoamAbsent 1
Opposition 44 seats
Yesh AtidFor 20 · Absent 4
Yisrael BeytenuFor 6
Ra'amAbsent 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 3 · Absent 2
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2
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