Date	Vote	Reading	Result	For / Against
July 17, 2026	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 41) Bill, 2025 Government bill	Third reading	Passed	11 / 0
March 25, 2026	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 45 – Temporary Provision) Bill, 2026 Government bill	Third reading	Passed	11 / 3
November 18, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 43 and Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2025 Government bill	Third reading	Passed	9 / 0
June 12, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 42) Bill, 2025 Joint initiativeInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 7 more	Third reading	Passed	25 / 1
February 19, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 40) Bill, 2025 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Michel Buskila	Third reading	Passed	12 / 0
May 22, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 39) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Yulia Malinovsky	Third reading	Passed	18 / 9
April 3, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 38) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Zvika Fogel, Evgeny Sova and 4 more	Third reading	Passed	31 / 9
July 6, 2023	Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision – Novel Coronavirus) Bill, 2023 Government bill	Third reading	Passed	8 / 0
February 21, 2023	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 35) Bill, 2023 Government bill	Third reading	Passed	20 / 0

Preliminary and first reading21Bills at the start of the process

Entry into Israel (Removal of an Unlawful Resident Who Participated in a Flotilla to the Gaza Strip) (Temporary Provision) Bill, 2026

March 18, 2026First reading

Did not pass0 / 0

Government bill

Law of Return (Amendment – Rights of Family Members) Bill, 2023

The proposal deletes the right of grandchildren of Jews to take part in the Law of Return, so that only children of a Jew will be eligible.

July 9, 2025Preliminary reading

Did not pass18 / 54

Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Avi Maoz

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 44 and Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2025

May 27, 2025First reading

Passed5 / 0

Government bill

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 43) Bill, 2025

May 12, 2025First reading

Passed18 / 0

Government bill

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Harsher Punishment for the Offense of Illegal Entry) Bill, 2025

March 19, 2025Preliminary reading

Passed23 / 7

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Boaz Bismuth

Basic Law: Entry, Immigration and Status in Israel Bill

A proposed Basic Law setting entry, immigration and status policy for residents and citizens in Israel.

March 19, 2025Preliminary reading

Passed58 / 30

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Simcha Rothman

Basic Law: Entry, Immigration and Status in Israel Bill

A Basic Law bill setting fundamental principles concerning entry, immigration and status in Israel, including annual quotas and restrictions on foreign nationals.

March 19, 2025Preliminary reading

Passed58 / 32

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Zvika Fogel

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 42) (Removal from Israel of Infiltrators Who Support the Government of Their Country) Bill, 2025

March 5, 2025First reading

Passed19 / 8

Joint initiativeInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 7 more

Deportation of Infiltrators Who Support the Regime in the State of Eritrea and Infiltrators Who Committed Offenses in the State of Israel Bill, 2024

A bill allowing the deportation of infiltrators who support the Eritrean regime and infiltrators who were convicted of or charged with offenses in Israel.

February 26, 2025Preliminary reading

Passed30 / 5

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Yitzhak Kroizer, Limor Son Har-Melech

Deportation of Infiltrators Who Support the Regime in the State of Eritrea and Infiltrators Who Committed Offenses in the State of Israel Bill, 2025

A bill allowing the Minister of Interior to deport infiltrators who support the regime in Eritrea and infiltrators who were convicted of or charged with offenses in Israel.

February 26, 2025Preliminary reading

Passed29 / 6

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eliyahu Revivo

Immediate Deportation of Infiltrators Who Support the Regime of Their Country Bill, 2024

February 12, 2025Preliminary reading

Passed51 / 0

Joint initiativeInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 7 more

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 41) (Non-Granting of a Visa and Residence Permit in Israel) Bill, 2024

November 19, 2024First reading

Passed19 / 0

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Michel Buskila

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Non-Granting of a Visa and Residence Permit in Israel) Bill, 2023

July 17, 2024Preliminary reading

Passed26 / 2

Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Michel Buskila

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 40) (Powers of a Border Control Officer and Inspector) Bill, 2024

The amendment grants border control officers and inspectors additional enforcement powers to remove foreigners staying unlawfully.

May 20, 2024First reading

Passed22 / 7

Government bill

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 39) (Suspension of a License or Occupational Permit and Imposition of Forfeiture for Unlawful Transporting, Lodging and Employing in Aggravated Circumstances) Bill, 2024

April 3, 2024First reading

Passed23 / 0

Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Yulia Malinovsky

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 38) (Harsher Punishment for Offenses of Transporting, Lodging and Employing Unlawful Residents) Bill, 2024

March 27, 2024First reading

Passed17 / 10

Joint initiativeInitiator: Zvika Fogel, Evgeny Sova and 4 more

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Harsher Punishment for Offenses of Unlawfully Transporting, Lodging and Employing Illegal Residents) Bill, 2024

The bill increases penalties and fines for offenses of transporting, harboring and employing illegal residents, and expands administrative enforcement tools.

March 27, 2024Preliminary reading

Passed18 / 10

Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Evgeny Sova, Avigdor Liberman and 3 more

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Harsher Punishment for Offenses of Unlawfully Transporting, Lodging and Employing Illegal Residents) Bill, 2023

February 21, 2024Preliminary reading

Passed43 / 7

Joint initiativeInitiator: Zvika Fogel, Evgeny Sova and 4 more

Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Aggravated Circumstances for Transporting, Lodging and Employing a Foreign Resident Staying in Israel Unlawfully Who Committed an Act of Terrorism or Supported Terrorism) Bill, 2024

February 14, 2024Preliminary reading

Passed47 / 8

Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Yulia Malinovsky

Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision – Novel Coronavirus) Bill, 2023

May 30, 2023First reading

Passed12 / 0

Government bill

Date	Vote	Reading	Result	For / Against
March 18, 2026	Entry into Israel (Removal of an Unlawful Resident Who Participated in a Flotilla to the Gaza Strip) (Temporary Provision) Bill, 2026 Government bill	First reading	Did not pass	0 / 0
July 9, 2025	Law of Return (Amendment – Rights of Family Members) Bill, 2023 The proposal deletes the right of grandchildren of Jews to take part in the Law of Return, so that only children of a Jew will be eligible. Initiated by: a party that left the coalitionInitiator: Avi Maoz	Preliminary reading	Did not pass	18 / 54
May 27, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 44 and Temporary Provision – Swords of Iron) Bill, 2025 Government bill	First reading	Passed	5 / 0
May 12, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 43) Bill, 2025 Government bill	First reading	Passed	18 / 0
March 19, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Harsher Punishment for the Offense of Illegal Entry) Bill, 2025 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Boaz Bismuth	Preliminary reading	Passed	23 / 7
March 19, 2025	Basic Law: Entry, Immigration and Status in Israel Bill A proposed Basic Law setting entry, immigration and status policy for residents and citizens in Israel. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Simcha Rothman	Preliminary reading	Passed	58 / 30
March 19, 2025	Basic Law: Entry, Immigration and Status in Israel Bill A Basic Law bill setting fundamental principles concerning entry, immigration and status in Israel, including annual quotas and restrictions on foreign nationals. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Zvika Fogel	Preliminary reading	Passed	58 / 32
March 5, 2025	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 42) (Removal from Israel of Infiltrators Who Support the Government of Their Country) Bill, 2025 Joint initiativeInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 7 more	First reading	Passed	19 / 8
February 26, 2025	Deportation of Infiltrators Who Support the Regime in the State of Eritrea and Infiltrators Who Committed Offenses in the State of Israel Bill, 2024 A bill allowing the deportation of infiltrators who support the Eritrean regime and infiltrators who were convicted of or charged with offenses in Israel. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Yitzhak Kroizer, Limor Son Har-Melech	Preliminary reading	Passed	30 / 5
February 26, 2025	Deportation of Infiltrators Who Support the Regime in the State of Eritrea and Infiltrators Who Committed Offenses in the State of Israel Bill, 2025 A bill allowing the Minister of Interior to deport infiltrators who support the regime in Eritrea and infiltrators who were convicted of or charged with offenses in Israel. Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Eliyahu Revivo	Preliminary reading	Passed	29 / 6
February 12, 2025	Immediate Deportation of Infiltrators Who Support the Regime of Their Country Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Yulia Malinovsky, Avigdor Liberman and 7 more	Preliminary reading	Passed	51 / 0
November 19, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 41) (Non-Granting of a Visa and Residence Permit in Israel) Bill, 2024 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Michel Buskila	First reading	Passed	19 / 0
July 17, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Non-Granting of a Visa and Residence Permit in Israel) Bill, 2023 Initiated by: coalitionInitiator: Michel Buskila	Preliminary reading	Passed	26 / 2
May 20, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 40) (Powers of a Border Control Officer and Inspector) Bill, 2024 The amendment grants border control officers and inspectors additional enforcement powers to remove foreigners staying unlawfully. Government bill	First reading	Passed	22 / 7
April 3, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 39) (Suspension of a License or Occupational Permit and Imposition of Forfeiture for Unlawful Transporting, Lodging and Employing in Aggravated Circumstances) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Yulia Malinovsky	First reading	Passed	23 / 0
March 27, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 38) (Harsher Punishment for Offenses of Transporting, Lodging and Employing Unlawful Residents) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Zvika Fogel, Evgeny Sova and 4 more	First reading	Passed	17 / 10
March 27, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Harsher Punishment for Offenses of Unlawfully Transporting, Lodging and Employing Illegal Residents) Bill, 2024 The bill increases penalties and fines for offenses of transporting, harboring and employing illegal residents, and expands administrative enforcement tools. Initiated by: oppositionInitiator: Evgeny Sova, Avigdor Liberman and 3 more	Preliminary reading	Passed	18 / 10
February 21, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Harsher Punishment for Offenses of Unlawfully Transporting, Lodging and Employing Illegal Residents) Bill, 2023 Joint initiativeInitiator: Zvika Fogel, Evgeny Sova and 4 more	Preliminary reading	Passed	43 / 7
February 14, 2024	Entry into Israel Law (Amendment – Aggravated Circumstances for Transporting, Lodging and Employing a Foreign Resident Staying in Israel Unlawfully Who Committed an Act of Terrorism or Supported Terrorism) Bill, 2024 Joint initiativeInitiator: Ofir Katz, Yulia Malinovsky	Preliminary reading	Passed	47 / 8
May 30, 2023	Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision – Novel Coronavirus) Bill, 2023 Government bill	First reading	Passed	12 / 0

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Other plenum votes12Approvals, motions for the agenda and procedural decisions

Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 11C of the Entry into Israel Law, 1952 – regarding revoking the residence permit of an infiltrator convicted of committing an offense and removing them from Israel

July 7, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum

Passed53 / 0

Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 3A(c1) of the Entry into Israel Law, 1952, regarding the extension of a visitor's residence permit for a foreign worker, or the granting of a new visa and permit to a foreign worker, in special and exceptional circumstances of the foreign worker's contribution to the economy, to culture, to sport or to society.

June 22, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum

Passed18 / 0

Regular motion for the agenda on the subject: "The negative emigration of young Israelis, and the dangers facing the state, following the policy of the 37th Government of Israel"

June 10, 2026Motion for the agenda

Passed4 / 0

Government announcement under Section 31(b) on the transfer of powers from the Minister of Interior to the Prime Minister under the Entry into Israel Law, 1925

March 30, 2026Approval of a motion in the plenum

Passed46 / 38

Proposed Citizenship and Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision) Order (Extension of the Law's Validity), 2026

March 9, 2026Approval of secondary legislation

Did not pass0 / 0

Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "Negative emigration from the State of Israel and its social, economic and national implications"

January 14, 2026Motion for the agenda

Passed9 / 0

Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the power vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 23A of the Civil Service (Appointments) Law, 1959, regarding assigning the role of head of the Population and Immigration Authority and assigning the role of chair of the District Planning and Building Committee of the Tel Aviv District

December 8, 2025Approval of a motion in the plenum

Passed47 / 38

The government's request to extend by order the validity of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2022

March 10, 2025Approval of secondary legislation

Passed48 / 9

The government's request to extend by order the validity of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2022

March 4, 2024Approval of secondary legislation

Passed26 / 6

The government's request to extend by order the validity of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2022

March 6, 2023Approval of secondary legislation

Passed20 / 9

Government announcement on applying continuity to the Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 34) Bill, 2022

February 1, 2023Continuity (bill carried over)

Passed12 / 0

Government bill

Government announcement on applying continuity to the Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 33) (Taking Biometric Identification Means from Foreigners and Producing Biometric Identification Data) Bill, 2021

February 1, 2023Continuity (bill carried over)

Passed12 / 0

Government bill

Date	Vote	Reading	Result	For / Against
July 7, 2026	Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 11C of the Entry into Israel Law, 1952 – regarding revoking the residence permit of an infiltrator convicted of committing an offense and removing them from Israel	Approval of a motion in the plenum	Passed	53 / 0
June 22, 2026	Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the powers vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 3A(c1) of the Entry into Israel Law, 1952, regarding the extension of a visitor's residence permit for a foreign worker, or the granting of a new visa and permit to a foreign worker, in special and exceptional circumstances of the foreign worker's contribution to the economy, to culture, to sport or to society.	Approval of a motion in the plenum	Passed	18 / 0
June 10, 2026	Regular motion for the agenda on the subject: "The negative emigration of young Israelis, and the dangers facing the state, following the policy of the 37th Government of Israel"	Motion for the agenda	Passed	4 / 0
March 30, 2026	Government announcement under Section 31(b) on the transfer of powers from the Minister of Interior to the Prime Minister under the Entry into Israel Law, 1925	Approval of a motion in the plenum	Passed	46 / 38
March 9, 2026	Proposed Citizenship and Entry into Israel (Temporary Provision) Order (Extension of the Law's Validity), 2026	Approval of secondary legislation	Did not pass	0 / 0
January 14, 2026	Urgent motion for the agenda on the subject: "Negative emigration from the State of Israel and its social, economic and national implications"	Motion for the agenda	Passed	9 / 0
December 8, 2025	Government announcement under Section 31(b) of Basic Law: The Government to transfer to the Prime Minister the power vested in the Minister of Interior under Section 23A of the Civil Service (Appointments) Law, 1959, regarding assigning the role of head of the Population and Immigration Authority and assigning the role of chair of the District Planning and Building Committee of the Tel Aviv District	Approval of a motion in the plenum	Passed	47 / 38
March 10, 2025	The government's request to extend by order the validity of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2022	Approval of secondary legislation	Passed	48 / 9
March 4, 2024	The government's request to extend by order the validity of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2022	Approval of secondary legislation	Passed	26 / 6
March 6, 2023	The government's request to extend by order the validity of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law (Temporary Provision), 2022	Approval of secondary legislation	Passed	20 / 9
February 1, 2023	Government announcement on applying continuity to the Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 34) Bill, 2022 Government bill	Continuity (bill carried over)	Passed	12 / 0
February 1, 2023	Government announcement on applying continuity to the Entry into Israel Law (Amendment No. 33) (Taking Biometric Identification Means from Foreigners and Producing Biometric Identification Data) Bill, 2021 Government bill	Continuity (bill carried over)	Passed	12 / 0

Knesset map by topic

A weighted position for each MK across all the votes on this topic (a third reading counts for more). 🟡 Mixed = voted both for and against in different votes. The map shows 141 MKs: 120 serving today, plus 21 who served at some point in the current term and actually voted on this topic - which is why the number is above 120.