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25th Knesset · outgoing

Basic Law: The Government (Amendment – Conditioning Membership in the Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs on Military Service) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק-יסוד: הממשלה (תיקון - התניית חברות בוועדת השרים לענייני ביטחון לאומי בשירות צבאי)

TL;DRA bill to bar ministers who did not serve in the army or who were declared deserters from being members of the Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs.

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What does the bill do?

The bill amends Basic Law: The Government to prevent those who did not fulfill the military service obligation imposed on them, or were declared deserters, or did not fulfill other security service obligations, from being members of the Ministerial Committee on National Security Affairs (the security cabinet). In addition, it requires that a person who avoided fulfilling this obligation not be appointed to ministerial posts whose holders must be on this committee (the ministers of defense, foreign affairs, justice, national security and finance). The amendment is to take effect on the day the term of the 26th Knesset begins.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: December 24, 2025

The votes on this bill

Rejected33 for · 53 against · 2 abstained · 32 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 25 · Absent 7
ShasAgainst 7 · Absent 4
United Torah JudaismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Religious ZionismAgainst 6 · Absent 1
Otzma YehuditAgainst 5 · Absent 1
New Hope – The United RightAgainst 2 · Absent 2

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 21 · Absent 3
Yisrael BeytenuFor 5 · Absent 1
Ra'amAbstained 2 · Absent 3
Hadash–Ta'alAgainst 2 · Absent 3
LaborFor 2 · Absent 2

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