Thanks to MKs of the Likud and the National Union, the Knesset's House Committee approved yesterday the speeding up of a pro-Yesha bill.
The law in question, proposed by the Likud's Yesha representative MK Yechiel Chazan, stipulates that the destruction of a Jewish community may not be carried out unless an absolute majority of MKs - 61 - approves it. In general, a bill must "cool off" for 45 days before being tabled for a Knesset vote, but the House Committee decision of yesterday waived that requirement for this bill. For this reason, the bill will be brought for a Knesset vote as early as this Wednesday. Though the law will make life difficult for his father, the Prime Minister, committee member MK Omri Sharon (Likud) abstained in the vote.
"The purpose of the bill," MK Chazan said, "is to curb the government, such that any Cabinet decision to evacuate Jewish communities must also receive Knesset approval. We are talking about decisions that touch on the very existence of our Jewish state." Chazan, who heads the Yesha lobby in the Knesset, said that the forum would "fight bitterly against the Prime Minister's disengagement plan, because it stands in the face of Israel's continued secure existence."
The law in question, proposed by the Likud's Yesha representative MK Yechiel Chazan, stipulates that the destruction of a Jewish community may not be carried out unless an absolute majority of MKs - 61 - approves it. In general, a bill must "cool off" for 45 days before being tabled for a Knesset vote, but the House Committee decision of yesterday waived that requirement for this bill. For this reason, the bill will be brought for a Knesset vote as early as this Wednesday. Though the law will make life difficult for his father, the Prime Minister, committee member MK Omri Sharon (Likud) abstained in the vote.
"The purpose of the bill," MK Chazan said, "is to curb the government, such that any Cabinet decision to evacuate Jewish communities must also receive Knesset approval. We are talking about decisions that touch on the very existence of our Jewish state." Chazan, who heads the Yesha lobby in the Knesset, said that the forum would "fight bitterly against the Prime Minister's disengagement plan, because it stands in the face of Israel's continued secure existence."