The many laws scheduled to be voted on today in the Knesset include:
* a four-month extension of the status quo regarding the exemption of yeshiva students’ from military induction. Rabbi Michael Melchior, representative of Meimad in the government and Knesset, voted against the Labor party line and in favor of the extension. “We must not allow such a critical issue, that has not been solved for 52 years, to be determined by election considerations,” he said. The bill passed its first reading today, and is expected to pass its final readings later today.
* a requirement that permission for Arab refugees from 1948 to enter Israel be approved by a special majority of 61 MKs.
* the bill to cancel the direct election of the Prime Minister and return to the system in which elections are held for a party list only; likely to be approved tonight.
* a proposal to declare a pre-election recess beginning tomorrow. The Likud is against.
* the establishment of an outside committee to determine the salaries of Knesset Members.
* a bill, dubbed the “Deri Law,” under which prisoners would be freed for “good behavior” after serving only half their terms, instead of the present-day 2/3.
* a proposal to appropriately mark television broadcasts that are unsuitable for children - approved.
* a four-month extension of the status quo regarding the exemption of yeshiva students’ from military induction. Rabbi Michael Melchior, representative of Meimad in the government and Knesset, voted against the Labor party line and in favor of the extension. “We must not allow such a critical issue, that has not been solved for 52 years, to be determined by election considerations,” he said. The bill passed its first reading today, and is expected to pass its final readings later today.
* a requirement that permission for Arab refugees from 1948 to enter Israel be approved by a special majority of 61 MKs.
* the bill to cancel the direct election of the Prime Minister and return to the system in which elections are held for a party list only; likely to be approved tonight.
* a proposal to declare a pre-election recess beginning tomorrow. The Likud is against.
* the establishment of an outside committee to determine the salaries of Knesset Members.
* a bill, dubbed the “Deri Law,” under which prisoners would be freed for “good behavior” after serving only half their terms, instead of the present-day 2/3.
* a proposal to appropriately mark television broadcasts that are unsuitable for children - approved.