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25th Knesset · outgoing

Day Marking the Aliyah of Moroccan Jews to Israel and Commemorating Those Who Perished on the Way to Israel Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק יום לציון עליית יהודי מרוקו לישראל ולהנצחת זכרם של הנספים בדרך לישראל

TL;DRSetting an annual day on 23 Tevet to mark the immigration of Moroccan Jews to Israel and to commemorate those who died on the way.

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What does the bill do?

The bill sets an annual day of remembrance and heritage preservation on 23 Tevet (the day the Egoz ship sank in 1961) to mark the immigration of Moroccan Jews to Israel and to commemorate those who died on the way. The day will be marked with a special debate in the Knesset, a Ministry of Heritage conference and educational activities in schools. The Ministry of Heritage is in charge of implementing the law. The bill refers to the immigration of Moroccan Jews to Israel, part of it clandestine, and to the Egoz ship that sank on the way with 44 of its passengers.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 31, 2025
Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Passed33 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 87 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudFor 9 · Absent 23
ShasFor 5 · Absent 6
Religious ZionismFor 3 · Absent 4
Otzma YehuditFor 3 · Absent 3

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 7 · Absent 17
Yisrael BeytenuFor 2 · Absent 4
Ra'amAbsent 5
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.