Knesset Legal Adviser Attorney Sagit Afik said on Sunday that the initiators of the Basic Law: Torah Study "did not answer what the law's weight is at the practical level," casting doubt on the bill's legal and operational significance. Her statement follows ongoing procedural and legal opposition to the proposed legislation.
Knesset Legal Adviser Attorney Sagit Afik weighed in on the Basic Law: Torah Study proposal on Sunday, stating that its promoters failed to clarify the bill's practical significance. "The bill's initiators did not answer what the law's weight is at the practical level," Afik said, according to a report by Yoeli Brim.
The remark adds a further procedural challenge to the proposed legislation, which has faced persistent opposition from the government's legal establishment. As The Zioneer has previously reported, Deputy Attorney General Avital Sompolinsky read the government's formal objection to the bill during a Knesset committee session on June 29, and Afik herself opposed transferring the bill's deliberation from the Constitution Committee to the Knesset Committee on June 22, citing procedural complications.
The bill seeks to enshrine the right to Torah study as a Basic Law, equating it with core national values, but faces criticism from coalition and opposition members alike over its legal weight and potential implications for IDF service and religious-secular relations.
- StrongKnesset Committee approves transfer of Torah Study Basic Law; legal adviser opposes
- DevelopingDeputy AG voices government legal stance against Torah Study Basic Law bill
- DevelopingMK Stern: new Torah study Basic Law worse than first draft
- DevelopingProposed Basic Law equating Torah study with national service draws fire from allies
Source and signal
A single-sourced dispatch is never rated Confirmed or Strong. Its Signal strengthens only when a second, independent source corroborates it.
- Internal intake