The government's ministerial committee for legislation will vote on two proposed legislative bills on Sunday, determining whether the government will throw its support for them or not. A bill supported by the government has significantly more chances of becoming law if it is supported by the government.
Annex 443 in Order to Ban PA Arabs and Enable Safe Travel
One proposal was submitted by MK Moshe Matalon (Israel Our Home), and is co-sponsored by 17 other Knesset Members. It calls for the annexation of the area of Highway 443 – a main artery connecting the city of Modiin and neighboring towns with Jerusalem – and its placement under full Israeli sovereignty.
Sunday update: Matalon agreed to request by Netanyahu to postpone consideration of the bill, and said he is in contact with Prime Minister's Bureau to find a better date, "with responsibility towards the citizens of Israel."
The route is wholly in the Binyamin area of southern Samaria, which was liberated by the Israel Defense Forces in the Six Day War; no part of Judea and Samaria was ever annexed by Israel. The only areas liberated by Israel in 1967 that have been annexed are the eastern and northern areas of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights.
The purpose of the proposed law is to ensure safe Jewish travel on the route. For years, following many terrorist shootings along 443, the IDF closed it to Arab travel – but a recent Supreme Court ruling determined that within five months, the army must draw up a security plan to enable Arabs to frequent the route.
If annexed, Palestinian Authority Arabs will not be allowed to use it. "This will allow the Jewish residents to travel safely on this central route to and from the capital," the legislation's explanatory literature states.
"It is sad that there are those in Israel who, citing 'civil rights,' empathize with the need for Palestinian comforts, yet are not that concerned with the lives and safety of Israeli citizens," said Matalon.
2nd Bill: Warning or Alarm for Left-Behind Babies
A second legislative proposal to be considered on Sunday would require cars to come equipped with alarms that would sound a warning to ensure that babies or other persons are not left in a locked car.
The bill is proposed by MK Yaakov Katz (Ketzaleh), head of the National Union party, and is co-sponsored by 19 other MKs.
The proposed legislation requires either an electronic reminder that would be sounded whenever a car is locked, or a sensor alarm that sounds whenever a car is locked with someone in it.
Some 40 children have been reported left in cars in Israel over the past four years, and four of them died as a result. When the temperature outside is 35 degrees Centigrade (95 Fahrenheit), the temperature inside a closed car can reach 50 (122) within 20 minutes.