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25th Knesset · outgoing

Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Limiting the Prime Minister's Term of Office) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק-יסוד: הממשלה (תיקון - הגבלת תקופת כהונה של ראש הממשלה)

TL;DRA bill to limit the Prime Minister's tenure to two terms or eight cumulative years.

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What does the bill do?

The bill adds a section to Basic Law: The Government stating that the Prime Minister will not be able to serve more than two terms or more than eight years cumulatively. If the serving Prime Minister has completed eight cumulative years in office, their tenure will not end immediately, but they will not be able to be elected for another term. The bill holds that limiting the term of office will bring democratic stability and prevent governmental decay stemming from the Prime Minister's long-term political survival considerations.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: July 9, 2025
Initiated by: oppositionRead the full text (bill for preliminary reading) ↗

The votes on this bill

Rejected37 for · 47 against · 0 abstained · 36 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 68 seats

LikudAgainst 21 · Absent 11
ShasAgainst 8 · Absent 3
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 2 · Absent 2
NoamAbsent 1

Left the coalition 8 seats

Blue and White – National UnityFor 7 · Absent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 19 · Absent 5
Yisrael BeytenuFor 4 · Absent 2
Ra'amFor 3 · Absent 2
Hadash–Ta'alFor 1 · Absent 4
LaborFor 3 · Absent 1

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Other bills with a similar name · 1Separate bills (usually different amendments to the same law) - not readings of this bill.
Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Limiting the Prime Minister's Term of Office) BillJanuary 14, 2026