Should the powers of the police and the Shin Bet against crime organizations be expanded?
Expand police powers
The police need broader tools against crime organizations: asset forfeiture, computer intrusion, administrative detention and involving the Shin Bet
Protect rights and privacy
More powers have not stopped the crime and they infringe rights; what is needed is equal enforcement and investment in Arab society
Note: bills that only increase the penalty (for example a fine for possessing a weapon) are not counted here, because the question is about enforcement powers, not the size of the penalty. On two of them (2023) it was the opposition that voted for and the coalition against, as is usual with private member's bills in a preliminary reading.
"Said" is the platform, and statements and posts by the list's candidates. "Did" is plenum votes, bills and recorded acts in the 25th Knesset. The placement rests on all the evidence together. The votes are the outgoing Knesset's, not the 26th's.
The parliamentary record here is that of the Yesh Atid faction in the 25th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's party did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
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רק
BeYachad
Leaning toward Expand police powers
Strong evidence
What it rests on
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Yesh Atid faction in the 25th Knesset. Naftali Bennett's party did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
7 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Protect rights and privacyJune 24, 2026
18 of the list's MKs voted: 18 for, 0 against. For = to require court approval for a full strip search (narrowing police authority)
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
24 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 24 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
23 of the list's MKs voted: 23 for, 0 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
אכיפה תקיפה ומהירה נגד ארגוני הפשע ומחוללי האלימות – באמצעות תגבור משמעותי של גופי האכיפה בסמכויות, כוח אדם ותקציבים, והקמת בתי משפט ייעודיים לפשיעה חמורה
Translation: “Firm and swift enforcement against crime organisations and perpetrators of violence, by significantly reinforcing law-enforcement bodies with powers, manpower and budgets, and establishing dedicated courts for serious crime”
The Democrats, internal security planAugust 10, 2026Source ↗
Did
5 plenum votes · 2 toward "Expand police powers" · 3 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
8 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
4 of the list's MKs voted: 4 for, 0 against. For = to require court approval for a full strip search (narrowing police authority)
The parliamentary record here is that of the Labor faction in the 25th Knesset. Meretz did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
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אמת
The Democrats
Leaning toward Expand police powers
Partial evidence
What it rests on
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Labor faction in the 25th Knesset. Meretz did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
5 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Protect rights and privacyJune 24, 2026
4 of the list's MKs voted: 4 for, 0 against. For = to require court approval for a full strip search (narrowing police authority)
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
3 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 3 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
3 of the list's MKs voted: 3 for, 0 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
1 statement in the media · 1 toward "Expand police powers"
1 tweet · 1 toward "Expand police powers"
הכנסת השב"כ למאבק בפשיעה בחברה הערבית, שהפכה למכת מדינה, היא בשורה דרמטית וצעד משמעותי במלחמת החורמה שאנחנו מנהלים נגד ארגוני הפשיעה
Translation: “Bringing the Shin Bet into the fight against crime in Arab society, which has become a national plague, is dramatic news and a significant step in the all-out war we are waging against the crime organizations”
12 plenum votes · 11 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
29 bills on the issue · 2 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 context only
25 of the list's MKs voted: 25 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
12 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
25 of the list's MKs voted: 25 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
23 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 23 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
The list did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so it has no votes to check.
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די
The Reservists – The Economic Party
Firm position: Expand police powers
Partial evidence
What it rests on
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
3 platform sections · Published in the list's name · from 3 sources
Toward: Expand police powers
״ראורגניזציה במשטרה. גיוס כוח אדם איכותי. משימות ויעדים מוגדרים למלחמה בפשיעה. סמכויות נרחבות.״
Translated from Hebrew: “Reorganization in the police. Recruitment of quality personnel. Defined missions and goals for the fight against crime. Broad powers.”
1 statement in the media · 1 toward "Expand police powers"
צריך לשנות את המסגרת החוקית. יש מיליון כלי נשק במגזר הערבי במדינת ישראל, וזה איום על הביטחון הלאומי של מדינת ישראל בה' הידיעה. זה דורש חקיקה שתגדר את זה כטרור ותכניס לשם את שב"כ עם כל היכולות שלו.
Translation: “The legal framework must be changed. There are a million weapons in the Arab sector in the State of Israel, and this is a threat to the national security of the State of Israel, with a capital N. This requires legislation that will define it as terrorism and bring in the Shin Bet with all its capabilities.”
8 plenum votes · 7 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
4 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
6 of the list's MKs voted: 6 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
The current list is a technical bloc of Religious Zionism with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, which did not sit in the 25th Knesset. The voting data reflects Religious Zionism only.
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ט
Religious Zionism–Zehut
Firm position: Expand police powers
Strong evidence
What it rests on
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
Note: The current list is a technical bloc of Religious Zionism with Zehut, led by Moshe Feiglin, which did not sit in the 25th Knesset. The voting data reflects Religious Zionism only.
8 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
6 of the list's MKs voted: 6 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
6 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 6 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
Mixed position, or evidence pointing both ways· Strong evidence
Said
1 platform section · 1 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
במשך שנים הציעו לנו עוד כוח, עוד תחנות משטרה, עוד יחידות מיוחדות ועוד סיסמאות של "מלחמה בפשיעה" - אך הפשיעה רק התחזקה.
Translation: “For years they offered us more force, more police stations, more special units and more slogans of "war on crime" - but crime only grew stronger.”
Joint List, Plan to Eradicate Organized CrimeSource ↗
Did
6 plenum votes · 2 toward "Expand police powers" · 4 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
7 bills on the issue · 1 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 context only
4 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 4 against. For = to extend the temporary provision allowing the police to search without a search warrant
The parliamentary record here is that of the Hadash–Ta'al faction in the 25th Knesset only. Balad did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
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ודם
Joint List
Mixed position, or evidence pointing both ways
Strong evidence
What it rests on
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
Note: The parliamentary record here is that of the Hadash–Ta'al faction in the 25th Knesset only. Balad did not sit in the 25th Knesset, so part of the current list is not represented in the voting data.
6 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
5 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 5 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayFebruary 7, 2024
3 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 3 against. A vote for expands police powers to forfeit the property of criminal organizations through orders that do not require a prior criminal conviction.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
6 plenum votes · 5 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
1 bill on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
6 of the list's MKs voted: 6 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
6 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
6 of the list's MKs voted: 6 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
6 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 6 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
2 votes by the list's candidates in the outgoing Knesset · 2 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
3 of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset voted: 3 for, 0 against. For = to require court approval for a full strip search (narrowing police authority)
The votes here are the personal votes of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset, not votes by the list.
What it rests on
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
The list did not serve in the 25th Knesset. The personal votes of its candidates who did serve in it were checked, and no decision on this issue was found in them. The platform description and the documented statements and tweets of the list's candidates were also checked, and no passage taking an explicit position on this question was found in them.
2 votes by the list's candidates in the outgoing Knesset · Official recordThe list itself did not serve in the 25th Knesset, so these are the personal votes of its candidates who did serve, not votes by the list.
Toward: Protect rights and privacyJune 24, 2026
3 of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset voted: 3 for, 0 against. For = to require court approval for a full strip search (narrowing police authority)
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, low weightDecember 10, 2025
3 of the list's candidates who served in the 25th Knesset voted: 0 for, 3 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
2 of the list's MKs voted: 2 for, 0 against. For = the Protection of the Public from Criminal Organizations Law: administrative orders and new enforcement tools against criminal organizations
5 of the list's MKs voted: 5 for, 0 against. A vote for expands the investigative and enforcement powers of law enforcement authorities against criminal organizations, including access to bank accounts and identification of transactions.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
9 plenum votes · 8 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
24 bills on the issue · 4 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 context only
4 of the list's MKs voted: 4 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
9 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
4 of the list's MKs voted: 4 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
4 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 4 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
אני תומך בדרישות המשטרה מהממשלה הנוכחית, שפגעה במעמדה וביכולותיה. הממשלה לא דאגה להקצות מספיק תקציבים, כלים וסמכויות הנדרשים כדי לאפשר למשטרה לפעול בעוצמה
Translation: “I support the police's demands of the current government, which harmed its status and capabilities. The government did not take care to allocate enough of the budgets, tools and powers needed to allow the police to act with force”
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
5 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
3 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 3 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayFebruary 7, 2024
4 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 4 against. A vote for expands police powers to forfeit the property of criminal organizations through orders that do not require a prior criminal conviction.
We found no platform text, statement or post by the list on this subject.
Did
11 plenum votes · 10 toward "Expand police powers" · 1 toward "Protect rights and privacy"
2 bills on the issue · Context only, did not move the placement
10 of the list's MKs voted: 10 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward "Expand police powers"Toward "Protect rights and privacy"
11 plenum votes · Official recordVotes marked "routine rejection" are private member's bills from the rival bloc in the preliminary reading, which are almost always rejected regardless of content, so they carry little weight.
10 of the list's MKs voted: 10 for, 0 against. For = to give the police special investigative powers against criminal organizations, including covert search
Toward: Protect rights and privacyRoutine rejection, not counted: the list voted directly the other wayDecember 10, 2025
10 of the list's MKs voted: 0 for, 10 against. For = to define weapons smuggling to criminal organizations as a terrorism offense and to toughen penalties
