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25th Knesset · outgoing

Police Ordinance Amendment (Visual Documentation of the Use of Water Cannon Vehicles) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק לתיקון פקודת המשטרה (תיעוד חזותי של השימוש במכת"זית)

TL;DRA proposal to add an obligation to video-record every use of a water cannon vehicle to disperse demonstrations, and to keep the recording for a year.

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What does the bill do?

The bill adds a section to the Police Ordinance requiring visual (video) documentation of every use of a water cannon vehicle to disperse demonstrations. The documentation will be kept for one year. The bill allows a person who claims to have been harmed by the operation of the vehicle to apply to the police and receive a copy of the video in accordance with the police body camera procedure.

Passed preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: March 12, 2025

The votes on this bill

Passed30 for · 0 against · 0 abstained · 90 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 62 seats

LikudAbsent 32
ShasFor 2 · Absent 9
United Torah JudaismFor 3 · Absent 4
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 14 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 10 · Absent 14
Ra'amFor 2 · Absent 3
Hadash–Ta'alFor 4 · Absent 1
LaborFor 4

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