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25th Knesset · outgoing

Defining the Gaza Strip as a Hostile Territory and Prohibiting Trade Relations Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק להגדרת רצועת עזה כאזור עוין ואיסור יחסי מסחר

TL;DRThe bill defines the Gaza Strip as a hostile area and sets a total ban on any trade relations between Israel and people or bodies there.

Translated from Hebrew

What does the bill do?

The bill changes the legal status of the Gaza Strip to that of a hostile area under Israeli law. The bill prohibits any transfer of goods, services, funds and economic activity between Israel and any person or body in Gaza, including indirectly through third parties. The bill applies the provisions of the Trading with the Enemy Ordinance of 1939 to the Gaza Strip, so that violating the trade ban will carry penalties and sanctions under that ordinance.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 2, 2025
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected6 for · 45 against · 1 abstained · 68 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudAgainst 21 · Absent 11
ShasAgainst 6 · Absent 5
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Religious ZionismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 3 · Absent 3
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 2 · Absent 2
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Blue and White – National UnityAbsent 8

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidAbstained 1 · Absent 23
Yisrael BeytenuFor 6
Ra'amAgainst 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alAbsent 5
LaborAbsent 4

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Defining the Gaza Strip as a Hostile Territory and Prohibiting Trade Relations BillFebruary 11, 2026