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25th Knesset · outgoing

Commemorating the Memory of the Victims of the Kafr Qasim Massacre Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הנצחת זכרם של קורבנות הטבח בכפר קאסם

TL;DRA bill to commemorate the victims of the Kafr Qasim massacre through disclosure of documents, class hours, a budget and an annual memorial day.

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What does the bill do?

The bill requires the Government of Israel to recognize its responsibility for the events in Kafr Qasim in 1956 and to take commemoration steps: disclosure of all documents related to the massacre, dedicating a homeroom class in schools to marking the massacre and learning lessons from it, allocating an annual budget for maintaining the memorial site and commemoration activities, and setting a special day on the Knesset's agenda close to the memorial day.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: November 6, 2024

The votes on this bill

Rejected11 for · 58 against · 2 abstained · 49 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudAgainst 27 · Absent 5
ShasAgainst 10 · Absent 1
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Blue and White – National UnityAbstained 1 · Absent 7

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAbstained 1 · Absent 23
Yisrael BeytenuFor 1 · Absent 5
Ra'amFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 1 · Absent 3

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.