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25th Knesset · outgoing

Ensuring Access to Food in Emergencies Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק הבטחת גישה למזון בשעת חירום

TL;DRA bill to ensure the availability and supply of healthy and nutritious food to the entire population in an emergency, with a focus on vulnerable populations.

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What does the bill do?

The bill sets a state mechanism to ensure access to food in times of emergency. The law requires the establishment of a national logistics system for storing, managing and distributing a basic food basket made up of healthy and nutritious products. The system will include central logistics centers and distribution centers close to populations, with an emphasis on vulnerable populations (the elderly, infants, pregnant women, people with disabilities and low-income households). The Minister of Welfare, in consultation with the Minister of Health and the National Council for Food Security, will set the composition of the food basket and a multi-year plan.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: January 14, 2026

The votes on this bill

Rejected21 for · 49 against · 0 abstained · 50 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 22 · Absent 10
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 10 · Absent 14
Yisrael BeytenuFor 5 · Absent 1
Ra'amAbsent 5
Hadash–Ta'alFor 1 · Absent 4
LaborFor 1 · Absent 3

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