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25th Knesset · outgoing

Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael Law (Amendment – Transition to a Government Company) Bill

Translated from Hebrew: הצעת חוק קרן קיימת לישראל (תיקון - מעבר לחברה ממשלתית)

TL;DRA bill to turn Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael into a government company under public oversight and government law.

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What does the bill do?

The bill states that Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael will be a company wholly owned by the state, subject to the Government Companies Law and to the oversight of the Minister of Interior and the Knesset Finance Committee. The Minister of Finance will provide the Registrar of Companies with the documents required for registration as a government company within a month of the law's entry into force. The bill states that the aim of the change is to bring the management of the fund's assets under public scrutiny, transparency and proper management, while the fund continues to work for the purposes of forestry and the preservation and management of national land.

Rejected at preliminary readingFirst plenum vote: January 7, 2026

The votes on this bill

Rejected26 for · 68 against · 0 abstained · 26 did not vote
Source: the Knesset's vote record ↗

Coalition 67 seats

LikudAgainst 26 · Absent 6
ShasAgainst 9 · Absent 2
United Torah JudaismAgainst 5 · Absent 2
Otzma YehuditAgainst 4 · Absent 2

Left the coalition 9 seats

NoamAbsent 1

Opposition 44 seats

Yesh AtidFor 24
Ra'amFor 2 · Absent 3
LaborAgainst 4

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