חוק איסור שהייה וישיבה בישראל שלא כדין (תיקוני חקיקה), התשפ"ה-2025Law on Prohibition of Illegal Stay and Residence in Israel (legislative amendments), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

Under the Law, it is determined that the Minister of the Interior or the commander of Israel Defense Forces in the Area, as the case may be, will not grant a permit to stay in Israel and will not renew a residency license in Israel for an applicant who is a terror operative or who has been convicted of a terrorist act, and also for an applicant who is a family member of such a person. It is further determined that the term "family member" will be defined differently according to the stage of submission of the request for a permit or license as stated. Regarding a first application, which is generally submitted prior to entry into Israel, the definition will be broad and will include additional circles, whereas regarding the renewal of a permit or license as stated for a person already staying in Israel and undergoing a process to regularize his status, the definition will be narrow and will include only close family members. It is further determined that a person who enters Israel from the Area or through the Area in violation of the law, or who violates a condition of those set in his visa or residency license granted to him under this Law, will not receive a permit or license as stated for ten years, unless the Minister of the Interior or the commander of the Area, as the case may be, deems it appropriate to grant him a permit or license as stated for special reasons. Furthermore, the punishment was increased for specific offenses of unlawful stay in Israel, if committed by a person who entered Israel from the Area or through the Area, and within this framework it was determined that the maximum penalty for these offenses will be up to two years imprisonment instead of one year. It was also determined that a fine must be imposed on anyone convicted of such offenses, as well as a forfeiture arrangement, based on a presumption that cash found in the possession of a suspect in offenses committed under these circumstances will be regarded as payment given for the commission of the offense or as a means for its commission, unless proven otherwise.

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Amit Halevi, Osher Shkalim, Kathrin Shitrit, Etty Hava Atia, Yosef Taieb, Avraham Bezalel, Yinon Azoulay, Mishel Buskila, Simon Moshiashvili, Yonatan Mashriki, Shalom Danino, Nissim Vaturi, Eliyahu Revivo, Galit Distel Atbaryan, Michal Miriam Woldiger, Ofir Katz, David Bitan, Sasson Sassi Guetta, Afef Abed, Moshe Passal, Tsega Melaku, Tally Gotliv, Moshe Saada, Boaz Bismuth, Hanoch Dov Milwidsky, Eli Dallal, Yitzhak Ze'ev Pindrus, Yuli Yoel Edelstein, Avichay Avraham Buaron, Dan Illouz, Ariel Kallner, Moshe Roth, Yitzhak Kroizer, Limor Sonn Har Melech, Moshe Solomon, Oded Forer, Erez Malul, Avigdor Liberman, Evgeny Sova, Yulia Malinovsky, Sharon Nir, Tzvika Foghel, Ohad Tal, Simcha Rothman, Idan Roll, Matan Kahana