Home Data hub Votes and topics Implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Restriction of Activity) Law (Amendment – Prohibition of Palestinian Authority Activity Within the Territory of the State of Israel, Enforcement and Penalties) Bill 25th Knesset · outgoing Implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (Restriction of Activity) Law (Amendment – Prohibition of Palestinian Authority Activity Within the Territory of the State of Israel, Enforcement and Penalties) Bill Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק יישום הסכם הביניים בדבר הגדה המערבית ורצועת עזה (הגבלת פעילות) (תיקון - איסור פעילות הרשות הפלסטינית בתחומי מדינת ישראל, אכיפה ועונשין)
TL;DR A proposal to expand the ban on Palestinian activity within Israel to include Fatah, and to add a penalty of three years' imprisonment for violating the order. ⓘ This summary was generated automatically (AI) from the bill's text and its official explanatory notes, and may contain inaccuracies - the full text is the binding version.
Translated from Hebrew
What does the bill do? The proposal amends the Implementation of the Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the Gaza Strip Law. It expands the ban on opening representative offices and holding activities within the State of Israel without a written permit, so that it applies not only to the Palestinian Authority and the PLO but also to Fatah (the Palestinian National Liberation Movement). The proposal gives the government or the Minister of National Security the power to issue an activity restriction order against these bodies. It also adds a penalty of three years' imprisonment for violating an activity restriction order or a removal order, and provides that the Minister of National Security may order the removal of a violator of the order from certain places in Israel for a period of up to one year.
Passed preliminary reading First plenum vote: February 19, 2025
Preliminary First Second-third Law
The votes on this bill Passed 40 for · 11 against · 2 abstained · 67 did not vote
Coalition 62 seats Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud: Absent · Yariv Levin, Likud: Absent · Amir Ohana, Likud: Absent · Nir Barkat, Likud: For ✓ Avi Dichter, Likud: For ✓ Israel Katz, Likud: Absent · Shlomo Karhi, Likud: Absent · David Bitan, Likud: Absent · Yuli Edelstein, Likud: Absent · Eliyahu Revivo, Likud: For ✓ Galit Distel-Atbaryan, Likud: Absent · Nissim Vaturi, Likud: Absent · Shalom Danino, Likud: Absent · Tally Gotliv, Likud: For ✓ Hanoch Milwidsky, Likud: For ✓ Boaz Bismuth, Likud: Absent · Moshe Saada, Likud: For ✓ Eli Dellal, Likud: Absent · Gila Gamliel, Likud: Absent · Ofir Katz, Likud: For ✓ May Golan, Likud: Absent · Dan Illouz, Likud: For ✓ Ariel Kallner, Likud: For ✓ Eti Atiya, Likud: For ✓ Amit Halevi, Likud: Absent · Tsega Melaku, Likud: For ✓ Osher Shekalim, Likud: For ✓ Keti Shitrit, Likud: For ✓ Moshe Passal, Likud: For ✓ Sasson Guetta, Likud: For ✓ Avihai Boaron, Likud: For ✓ Afif Abed, Likud: For ✓ Aryeh Deri, Shas: Absent · Michael Malchieli, Shas: Absent · Moshe Arbel, Shas: Absent · Yinon Azulai, Shas: For ✓ Moshe Abutbul, Shas: For ✓ Uriel Buso, Shas: Absent · Yosef Taieb, Shas: Absent · Avraham Betzalel, Shas: For ✓ Yonatan Mishraki, Shas: For ✓ Erez Malul, Shas: For ✓ Simon Moshiashvili, Shas: For ✓ Moshe Gafni, United Torah Judaism: Absent · Ya'akov Tessler, United Torah Judaism: For ✓ Ya'akov Asher, United Torah Judaism: Absent · Yisrael Eichler, United Torah Judaism: Absent · Yitzhak Pindrus, United Torah Judaism: For ✓ Moshe Roth, United Torah Judaism: For ✓ Eliyahu Baruchi, United Torah Judaism: For ✓ Ofir Sofer, Religious Zionism: Absent · Orit Strook, Religious Zionism: Absent · Simcha Rothman, Religious Zionism: Absent · Michal Waldiger, Religious Zionism: Absent · Ohad Tal, Religious Zionism: For ✓ Moshe Solomon, Religious Zionism: For ✓ Gideon Sa'ar, New Hope – The United Right: Absent · Ze'ev Elkin, New Hope – The United Right: Absent · Sharren Haskel, New Hope – The United Right: Absent · Michel Buskila, New Hope – The United Right: For ✓ Avi Maoz, Noam: Absent · Left the coalition 14 seats Benny Gantz, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Gadi Eisenkot, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Pnina Tamano-Shata, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Hili Tropper, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Michael Biton, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Matan Kahana, Blue and White – National Unity: For ✓ Orit Farkash-Hacohen, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Alon Schuster, Blue and White – National Unity: Absent · Otzma Yehudit For 6 · Absent 1 Itamar Ben Gvir, Otzma Yehudit: For ✓ Yitzhak Wasserlauf, Otzma Yehudit: For ✓ Almog Cohen, Otzma Yehudit: Absent · Amihai Eliyahu, Otzma Yehudit: For ✓ Zvika Fogel, Otzma Yehudit: For ✓ Limor Son Har-Melech, Otzma Yehudit: For ✓ Yitzhak Kroizer, Otzma Yehudit: For ✓ Opposition 44 seats Yesh Atid Against 1 · Abstained 2 · Absent 21 Yair Lapid, Yesh Atid: Absent · Meir Cohen, Yesh Atid: Absent · Karine Elharrar, Yesh Atid: Absent · Meirav Cohen, Yesh Atid: Absent · Elazar Stern, Yesh Atid: Absent · Mickey Levy, Yesh Atid: Abstained — Meirav Ben-Ari, Yesh Atid: Absent · Ram Ben-Barak, Yesh Atid: Absent · Yoav Segalovitz, Yesh Atid: Against ✕ Boaz Toporovsky, Yesh Atid: Absent · Michal Shir, Yesh Atid: Absent · Idan Roll, Yesh Atid: Absent · Yorai Lahav-Hertzanu, Yesh Atid: Absent · Vladimir Beliak, Yesh Atid: Abstained — Ron Katz, Yesh Atid: Absent · Matti Sarfati Harkavi, Yesh Atid: Absent · Tania Mazarsky, Yesh Atid: Absent · Yasmin Fridman, Yesh Atid: Absent · Debbie Biton, Yesh Atid: Absent · Moshe Tur-Paz, Yesh Atid: Absent · Simon Davidson, Yesh Atid: Absent · Naor Shiri, Yesh Atid: Absent · Shelly Tal Meron, Yesh Atid: Absent · Yaron Levi, Yesh Atid: Absent · Yisrael Beytenu For 3 · Absent 3 Avigdor Liberman, Yisrael Beytenu: Absent · Oded Forer, Yisrael Beytenu: For ✓ Evgeny Sova, Yisrael Beytenu: For ✓ Sharon Nir, Yisrael Beytenu: Absent · Yulia Malinovsky, Yisrael Beytenu: Absent · Hamad Amar, Yisrael Beytenu: For ✓ Ra'am Against 3 · Absent 2 Mansour Abbas, Ra'am: Absent · Waleed Taha, Ra'am: Absent · Waleed Alhwashla, Ra'am: Against ✕ Iman Khatib-Yassin, Ra'am: Against ✕ Yasir Hujeirat, Ra'am: Against ✕ Hadash–Ta'al Against 4 · Absent 1 Ayman Odeh, Hadash–Ta'al: Absent · Ahmad Tibi, Hadash–Ta'al: Against ✕ Aida Touma-Suleiman, Hadash–Ta'al: Against ✕ Ofer Cassif, Hadash–Ta'al: Against ✕ Youssef Atauna, Hadash–Ta'al: Against ✕ Labor Against 3 · Absent 1 Merav Michaeli, Labor: Against ✕ Naama Lazimi, Labor: Against ✕ Gilad Kariv, Labor: Against ✕ Efrat Rayten, Labor: Absent · Tap an MK for details Only MKs who held a seat on the day of the vote are shown
Other plenum votes on this bill Procedural votes that are not a reading of the bill (for example, a motion to send it back to committee) - so they are not shown as readings.
Transfer of the bill between committees · May 26, 2025 For 17 · Against 3 · Passed 
