Following the Knesset's first-reading approval of the Basic Law: Torah Study earlier this week, MK Avichay Buaron (Likud) said on Friday that the law should have been given constitutional status 'ages ago,' according to Channel 14.
MK Avichay Buaron (Likud) said Friday that the Basic Law: Torah Study should have been enshrined ages ago, welcoming its first-reading passage earlier this week. His remarks, reported by Channel 14, come after the Knesset voted 63-53 on Wednesday evening to approve the bill, which grants Torah study equal constitutional standing with military service.
As The Zioneer reported on Wednesday at 22:18, the bill passed along coalition-opposition lines. At the same time, MK Moshe Gafni (Degel HaTorah) said the law 'restores the honor of Torah to its proper place,' and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri called the vote the 'start of a historic correction.' The Knesset Committee had approved the bill for first reading a day earlier, on Tuesday afternoon, as the coalition raced to advance legislation before the election recess.
The Basic Law: Torah Study, which equates Torah learners' rights with those of IDF servicemembers, was first reported by journalist Daphna Liel on June 8 based on a single source. It has since cleared committee and initial plenum stages with coalition backing. Opposition leader Naftali Bennett has vowed to cancel the law if his party returns to government.
The bill now moves to the Knesset committee stage for preparation for second and third readings. No date has been set for those votes.
6 developments
- DevelopingMK Yinon Azoulay backs Basic Law: Torah Study, slams opposition in first-reading debate
- DevelopingMK Moshe Gafni on the Basic Law: Torah Study: 'The State of the Jewish people returns Torah honor to its rightful place'
- DevelopingAryeh Deri hails first-reading passage of Basic Law: Torah Study as 'historic correction'
- DevelopingMK Stern: new Torah study Basic Law worse than first draft
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