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25th Knesset · outgoing

Recognition, Truth-Seeking, Commemoration and Compensation for the Families of the Missing in the Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan Children Affair Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק להכרה, לחקר האמת, להנצחה ולפיצוי משפחות הנעדרים מפרשת ילדי תימן, המזרח והבלקן

TL;DRA proposal to establish a state authority for research, commemoration and compensation of the families of the missing in the affair of the Yemenite, Mizrahi and Balkan children.

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What does the bill do?

The proposal establishes a new statutory corporation for assistance and research regarding children who disappeared from their parents in the years 1948-1970. The authority will operate a commemoration and documentation site and a DNA testing database, will deepen research on the subject and will assist in the search for the missing. The proposal also sets an annual day of remembrance (13 Tammuz) and an arrangement for setting uniform compensation for the families involved in the affair. The council managing the authority will include representatives of government ministries, academia and the victims' families.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 8, 2026
Joint initiativeRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected5 for · 42 against · 2 abstained · 71 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 22 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 5 · Absent 6
United Torah JudaismAgainst 2 · Absent 5
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 3 · Absent 3
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 4

Left the coalition 9 seats

Blue and White – National UnityFor 1 · Absent 7
NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 2 · Abstained 2 · Absent 20
Yisrael BeytenuAbsent 6
Ra'amAbsent 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborAbsent 4

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