Basic Law: Referendum (Amendment – Requirement to Approve the Application of Sovereignty in a Referendum) Bill

What does the bill do?

The proposed amendment requires holding a referendum to approve agreements or government decisions regarding unilateral action, or action by agreement, regarding the application of Israel's jurisdiction, administration or sovereignty to territories that are not under its official control. The government decision will require approval in the Knesset by a regular majority, and then a referendum, or alternatively the approval of eighty MKs. The amendment applies to government decisions as well as to entering into diplomatic agreements that grant Israel powers in areas that are not part of its existing sovereign territory.