A senior Shas figure told reporter Mendi Atzraf on Sunday that the coalition intends to pass both the Basic Law: Torah Study and the bill freezing arrests of yeshiva students who do not enlist in second and third readings this week. The two bills have been advancing through Knesset committees in recent weeks.
A senior Shas figure told reporter Mendi Atzraf on Sunday that the coalition intends to pass both the Basic Law: Torah Study and the arrest-freeze bill in second and third readings this week. The two bills are central to the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties' legislative agenda. The Basic Law: Torah Study, which would grant constitutional status to Torah study as a national value, was approved by the Knesset Committee for final readings on July 9, as The Zioneer reported. The arrest-freeze bill, which would halt the arrest of yeshiva students who do not enlist, has been debated in the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee. Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef previously tied his support for the broadcast law to the passage of these bills. The statement from the senior Shas figure indicates the coalition aims to finalize both pieces of legislation this week, though the exact timing of the plenum votes remains unclear.
2 developments
- StrongKnesset Committee approves Basic Law: Torah Study; coalition races ahead of election recess
- DevelopingKnesset sends three bills to plenum vote: senior appointments, police oversight, Torah study
- DevelopingKnesset dissolution vote expected this week; Haredi legislation set to be buried
- DevelopingKnesset Committee approves Basic Law: Torah Study for final readings; plenum vote next week
Source and signal
- Internal intake