חוק המועצה להשכלה גבוהה (תיקון מס' 20), התשע"ח-2018Law Council for Higher Education (Amendment No. 20), 2018 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

Currently, higher education institutions in the Judea and Samaria area are subject to security legislation, under which the commander of IDF forces in the area approves the recognition of these institutions, which is granted by the Council for Higher Education in Judea and Samaria (hereinafter - the Judea and Samaria Higher Education Council). The Council for Higher Education Law (Amendment No. 20), 2018, which was passed by the Knesset on 12 February 2018, established that the Council for Higher Education will be authorized to exercise its powers under the Council for Higher Education Law also with respect to Israelis (individuals and corporations) in the Judea and Samaria area, and the rights and obligations under the law will also apply to them. Thus, the Council for Higher Education will also be able to recognize higher education institutions in the Judea and Samaria area and their degrees. The law will come into force within a year, and it establishes transitional provisions regarding institutions and their degrees that were previously recognized by the Judea and Samaria Higher Education Council and the military commander in the area.

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Sponsors

Shuli Moalem-Refaeli, Yakov Margi

What was said in the plenum

The law subjects all institutions of higher education operating in the Judea and Samaria area, in particular Ariel University, to the oversight and authority of the Council for Higher Education operating under Israeli law, instead of the separate council that operated under security legislation. The discussion focused on the question of whether this is a legitimate administrative-academic step intended to achieve equal rights for students and improve the academic level, or an additional stage in a process of creeping annexation of the occupied territories, which could harm Israeli academia and the prospects for peace.

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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, 3

Reservations to the second reading

5 reservations were filed: proposed changes to the text the committee brought to the second and third reading.

The reservations submitted, all on behalf of the Joint List group, are intended to extend the period of time set in the law and to change provisions regarding the cancellation of recognition under the existing validity.

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By faction

• Joint List opposition · 5 reservations · 12 members

A joint reservation counts for every faction whose members filed it. 1 proposer was not matched to a member: listed under the groups, not counted by faction.

Asked to speak: Ilan Gilon (Meretz), Esawi Frej (Meretz), Michal Rozin (Meretz), Tamar Zandberg (Meretz), Mossi Raz (Meretz), Isaac Herzog (Zionist Union), Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union), Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union), Stav Shaffir (Zionist Union), Itzik Shmuli (Zionist Union), Omer Barlev (Zionist Union), Yehiel Hilik Bar (Zionist Union), Amir Peretz (Zionist Union), Merav Michaeli (Zionist Union), Eitan Cabel (Zionist Union), Micky Rosenthal (Zionist Union), Revital Swid (Zionist Union), Yoel Hasson (Zionist Union), Zouheir Bahloul (Zionist Union), Eytan Broshi (Zionist Union), Michal Biran (Zionist Union), Nachman Shai (Zionist Union), Ksenia Svetlova (Zionist Union), Ayelet Nahmias-Verbin (Zionist Union), Yoseph Yonah (Zionist Union), Eyal Ben Reuven (Zionist Union), Yael Cohen Paran (Zionist Union), Saleh Saad (Zionist Union), Leah Fadida (Zionist Union)

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)