Government bill · 25th Knesset · published as law 13 November 2024
חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (פגישה עם עורך דין של עצור בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס' 4), התשפ"ה-2024Law for the Amendment and Extension of Emergency Regulations (Iron Swords) (Meeting with a Lawyer of a Person Detained for a Security Offense) (Amendment No. 4), 2024 · automatic translation · suggest a correction
Status: התקבלה בקריאה שלישית
Topics: Military and defense*, Police and internal security*, Courts and criminal law*, Emergency, war and COVID · * from the Knesset's official law classification · no asterisk — automatically from words in the title
Official summary of the law (Knesset)
The Law extends the validity of emergency regulations that allow preventing a meeting of security detainees connected to the hostile acts that occurred between 7 October and 13 October 2023, or a person detained as part of the war operations in Gaza, with their lawyers. The regulations will remain in effect until 15 February 2025.
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Hebrew original
החוק מאריך את תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום, המאפשרות מניעת פגישה של עצורים ביטחוניים, הקשורים לפעולות האיבה שהתרחשו בין ה-7 באוקטובר לבין ה-13 באוקטובר 2023, או מי שנעצר במסגרת פעולות המלחמה בעזה, עם עורכי הדין שלהם. התקנות יעמדו בתוקף עד ה-15 בפברואר 2025.
Readings
- Bill passed first reading16 for · 4 against
- Law passed17 for · 3 against
What was said in the plenum
The bill seeks to extend by legislation the validity of Emergency Regulations allowing the delay of a meeting between an attorney and detainees held on security offenses connected to 7 October and the war in Gaza, for periods of up to 60 or 120 days depending on circumstances, subject to approval by officials at various levels and a right of appeal. The Constitution Committee presented the arrangement as a technical-security approval extending existing regulations until 15 February instead of until March as the government had requested, and most of the actual debate concerned other topics rather than the content of the proposal itself.
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Hebrew original
הצעת החוק מבקשת להאריך בחקיקה את תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום המאפשרות לעכב פגישה בין עורך דין לבין עצורים בעבירות ביטחון הקשורות ל-7 באוקטובר ולמלחמה בעזה, לתקופות של עד 60 או 120 יום בהתאם לנסיבות, לפי אישור גורמים ברמות שונות וזכות ערר. ועדת החוקה הציגה את ההסדר כאישור טכני-ביטחוני של הארכת תקנות קיימות עד 15 בפברואר במקום עד מרץ כבקשת הממשלה, ורוב הדיון בפועל נסב על נושאים אחרים ולא על תוכן ההצעה עצמה.
Arguments for
- The extension is essential in order to save human lives and to enable the security forces and investigative authorities to complete investigations and extract intelligence vital for military operations in Gaza.Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism)
- The arrangement includes limitations and safeguards, such as approval by senior officials, judicial oversight and a right of appeal, and is therefore balanced and justified despite the departure from ordinary criminal law.Simcha Rothman (Religious Zionism)
Arguments against
None were made.
Who spoke (7)
| Member | Faction | Readings | Speeches | In the final vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Makhluf Miki Zohar | — | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Merav Ben Ari | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Meirav Cohen | Yesh Atid opposition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Galit Distel Atbaryan | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Nissim Vaturi | Likud coalition | First reading | 1 | no record |
| Tzvi Yedidia Sukkot | Religious Zionism coalition | First reading | 1 | for |
| Simcha Rothman | Religious Zionism coalition | Third reading | 1 | for |
An automatic summary of the plenum transcripts: the debate on the bill at every reading it was voted on. Arguments are given as the speakers made them; this is not an assessment. The list of speakers comes from the transcript, without a model. Transcripts of the sittings: 1, 2 · write to the author
Reservations to the second reading
21 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.
The reservations seek to change the declared purpose of the law, to bring forward the expiration date of the arrangement restricting meetings between detainees held for security offenses and their lawyers, to make its commencement conditional on political or diplomatic conditions, to establish a reporting obligation, and to ease or tighten the conditions in the schedule relating to detention periods and the ranks authorized to approve them.
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Hebrew original
ההסתייגויות נועדו לשנות את תכלית החוק המוצהרת, להקדים את מועד פקיעת תוקף ההסדר המגביל פגישת עצורים בעבירות ביטחון עם עורכי דין, להתנות את תחילתו בתנאים מדיניים או פוליטיים, לקבוע חובת דיווח ולהקל או להחמיר בתנאי התוספת הנוגעים למשכי המעצר והדרגים המאשרים אותו.
By faction
- Labor opposition · 10 reservations · 4 members
- Hadash–Ta'al opposition · 4 reservations · 5 members
- Yisrael Beytenu opposition · 4 reservations · 6 members
- Yesh Atid opposition · 3 reservations · 24 members
A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it.
Who proposed what
- העבודה · 10The work group seeks to bring forward the expiration date of the regulations, to establish a monthly reporting obligation for the Minister of Justice to the Constitution Committee or for the law to take effect from its date of publication, and to tighten and change the conditions set out in the schedule to the law regarding detention periods and the ranks authorized to approve them.Sections: לסעיף 1, לאחרי סעיף 1
- ישראל ביתנו · 4The Yisrael Beiteinu group requests to move up the expiration date of the Regulations and to establish that a detainee suspected of a security offense will not meet with a lawyer but only with representatives of the Israel Prison Service or the police.Sections: לסעיף 1, לאחרי סעיף 1
- חד״ש–תע״ל · 4The Hadash–Ta'al group requests to change the law's purpose so that it describes a violation of the right to due process and the right to legal representation, to establish an obligation to arrange a meeting with a Red Cross representative for a detainee who was denied a meeting with a lawyer, and to make the law's commencement conditional on the end of the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state or on the replacement of the incumbent Prime Minister.Sections: לפני סעיף 1, לאחרי סעיף 1
- יש עתיד · 3The Yesh Atid group requests to change the declared purpose of the law so that it describes the prevention of a detainee's meeting with a lawyer or the extension of the war and Netanyahu's rule, and also to bring forward the expiration date of the regulations.Sections: לפני סעיף 1, לסעיף 1Yair Lapid, Meir Cohen, Karine Elharrar, Meirav Cohen, Elazar Stern, Mickey Levy, Merav Ben Ari, Ram Ben Barak, Yoav Segalovitz, Boaz Toporovsky, Michal Shir Segman, Idan Roll, Yorai Lahav Hertzanu, Vladimir Beliak, Ron Katz, Matti Sarfatti Harcavi, Tatiana Mazarsky, Yasmin Fridman, Debbie Biton, Moshe Turpaz, Simon Davidson, Naor Shiri, Shelly Tal Meron, Yaron Levi
Proposers and reservation numbers are extracted automatically from the committee version, and the count is checked against the numbers printed in it. The descriptions are an automatic summary. Committee version for the second and third reading (PDF) · write to the author
Reservations, sections and other votes (1)
In order. Votes on reservations and individual sections are shown separately from the vote on the bill as a whole.
- 12 November 2024 · Second reading · סעיף 1הצעת חוק לתיקון ולהארכת תוקפן של תקנות שעת חירום (חרבות ברזל) (פגישה עם עורך דין של עצור בעבירת ביטחון) (תיקון מס 4), התשפ"ה-2024Bill to Amend and Extend the Validity of Emergency Regulations (Operation Iron Swords) (Meeting with a lawyer of a detainee for a security offence) (Amendment No. 4), 2024auto16 for · 3 againstVote on sections of the bill