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25th Knesset · outgoing

Center for Commemorating the Heritage of President Yitzhak Navon Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק המרכז להנצחת מורשתו של הנשיא יצחק נבון

TL;DRA bill to establish a center to commemorate the legacy of President Yitzhak Navon, including a memorial site, a museum, a research institute and an archive.

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What does the bill do?

The bill provides for the establishment of a state center to commemorate the work and legacy of President Yitzhak Navon, which will include four institutions: a memorial site with a museum, an institute for the research and cultivation of the cultures of Israel with an emphasis on Sephardi and Mizrahi Jewry, and a Navon library and archive. The center will be run by an 11-member council appointed by the minister and representatives of state and academic institutions. The bill also sets an annual day in Nisan in memory of Navon with educational and cultural activities in the state education system, and appoints the Minister of Education as responsible for implementing the law.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 16, 2025

The votes on this bill

Rejected19 for · 43 against · 0 abstained · 58 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudAgainst 23 · Absent 9
ShasAgainst 6 · Absent 5
United Torah JudaismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Religious ZionismAgainst 4 · Absent 3
Otzma YehuditAgainst 3 · Absent 3
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 3 · Absent 1
NoamFor 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 14 · Absent 10
Yisrael BeytenuFor 1 · Absent 5
Ra'amAbsent 5
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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