The Knesset Plenum voted 51 to 34 against a proposed law that would require the government to build reinforcements and shelters throughout the Sderot and Gaza Perimeter area, which has been under rocket fire from Gaza for years. The government, which opposed the law, contended that reinforcement work was already under way in Sderot region and there was no need for a private law in this matter.
34 MKs voted in favor of the law and 51 opposed it.
MK Silvan Shalom (Likud), who proposed the law, said the Knesset's decision reflected "extreme and unparalleled cold-heartedness."