The Knesset Committee approved the final wording of the Basic Law: Torah Study on Tuesday afternoon. The bill is expected to go to a vote in the Knesset plenum Wednesday, the coalition's latest step toward enshrining Torah study's legal status as a quasi-constitutional law.
The Knesset Committee approved the final version of the Basic Law: Torah Study on Tuesday afternoon, setting the stage for a plenum vote Wednesday. The committee's approval comes after weeks of coalition-led procedural maneuvering to advance the legislation, including a contested transfer of the bill from the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee to the Knesset Committee earlier this month. The legal adviser to the Knesset formally opposed that transfer, but coalition leaders pressed forward. The bill, if passed, would provide a quasi-constitutional framework for Torah study, which Haredi parties have described as declarative without an explicit equal-status clause comparing Torah scholars to IDF soldiers. Opposition leaders have condemned the legislation as harmful to national security and the principle of equal burden-sharing. The final wording approved Tuesday could determine the coalition's ability to secure a majority in the plenum vote.
5 developments
- StrongKnesset Committee approves transfer of Torah Study Basic Law; legal adviser opposes
- DevelopingKnesset advances Basic Law equating Torah study with IDF service
- DevelopingReligious Zionist party expected to back Basic Law: Torah Study in Knesset vote tomorrow
- StrongMinisterial committee approves Basic Law: Torah Study; Haredi parties call it merely declarative without equal-status clause
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