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25th Knesset · outgoing

National Insurance Law (Amendment – Preferred Employment in Confrontation Line Communities in the North and South) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הביטוח הלאומי (תיקון - עבודה מועדפת ביישובי קו העימות בצפון ובדרום)

TL;DRA bill to expand the definition of 'preferred work' in National Insurance to include work in tourism, restaurants and leisure in confrontation-line communities in the north and south.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends the National Insurance Law by adding work in tourism services, attractions, restaurants and informal education to the list of 'preferred work' sectors in which discharged soldiers are entitled to a grant. The change applies to communities within up to 9 kilometers of the northern border and within 7 kilometers of the Gaza area in the south. The law is intended to support the economic rehabilitation of these areas after the fighting, especially in sectors whose income was hurt.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: March 25, 2026
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected38 for · 50 against · 0 abstained · 32 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 25 · Absent 7
ShasAgainst 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismAgainst 2 · Absent 5
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 3 · Absent 3

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 21 · Absent 3
Yisrael BeytenuFor 3 · Absent 3
Ra'amAbsent 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 3 · Absent 1

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.