28 May 2025, 14:50 · 25th Knesset · vote no. 44148

Preliminary readingVote on the billelectronic vote

הצעת חוק ביטול הצנזורה על סרטים, התשפ"ה-2025Bill Abolition of Film Censorship, 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Bill failed preliminary reading: 5 for, 30 against, 1 abstained

36 of 120 voted — counted from roll-call records (no official result is published)

36 of 120 members voted. The plenum has no quorum: a decision passes by a simple majority of those voting. A special majority (61 votes) is needed only for no-confidence motions and some provisions of Basic Laws. Glossary →

What was put to the vote

«להעביר את הצעת החוק לוועדה להכנה לקריאה ראשונה»

Preliminary reading: The first vote on a member's bill: the Knesset decides whether to consider it at all. A committee then prepares the text. Glossary →

Bill: הצעת חוק ביטול הצנזורה על סרטים, התשפ"ה-2025Bill Abolition of Film Censorship, 2025auto

By party on the day of the vote

Coalition and opposition voted differently.

coalition0 for · 30 against
opposition5 for · 0 against · 1 abst.
  • for
  • abstained
  • against
Likudהליכודcoalition0 for · 16 against — majority against

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Ra'amרע"םopposition4 for · 0 against — majority for

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Religious Zionismהציונות הדתית בראשות בצלאל סמוטריץ'coalition0 for · 3 against — majority against

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Shasהתאחדות הספרדים שומרי תורה תנועתו של מרן הרב עובדיה יוסף זצ"לcoalition0 for · 3 against — majority against

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United Torah Judaismיהדות התורהcoalition0 for · 3 against — majority against

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Otzma Yehuditעוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גבירcoalition0 for · 3 against — majority against

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New Hopeהימין הממלכתיcoalition0 for · 2 against — majority against

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National Unityהמחנה הממלכתיopposition0 for · 0 against · 1 present, not voting — did not vote

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Hadash–Ta'alחד"ש-תע"לopposition1 for · 0 against — majority for

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Yesh Atidיש עתידopposition0 for · 0 against · 1 abst. — majority abstained

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Roll call (37)

Showing 37 of 37

MemberParty at the timeVoteSource code
Zeev ElkinNew Hopeagainst8
Mishel BuskilaNew Hopeagainst8
Dan IllouzLikudagainst8
Boaz BismuthLikudagainst8
Tally GotlivLikudagainst8
Galit Distel AtbaryanLikudagainst8
Eli DallalLikudagainst8
Shalom DaninoLikudagainst8
Amit HaleviLikudagainst8
Ofir KatzLikudagainst8
Yariv LevinLikudagainst8
Hanoch Dov MilwidskyLikudagainst8
Tsega MelakuLikudagainst8
Afef AbedLikudagainst8
Etty Hava AtiaLikudagainst8
Ariel KallnerLikudagainst8
Kathrin ShitritLikudagainst8
Osher ShkalimLikudagainst8
Orit Farkash HacohenNational Unitypresent, did not vote6
Michal Miriam WoldigerReligious Zionismagainst8
Moshe SolomonReligious Zionismagainst8
Orit Malka StrockReligious Zionismagainst8
Moshe AbutbulShasagainst8
Erez MalulShasagainst8
Michael MalkieliShasagainst8
Ofer CassifHadash–Ta'alfor7
Eliyahu BaruchiUnited Torah Judaismagainst8
Yaakov TeslerUnited Torah Judaismagainst8
Yitzhak Ze'ev PindrusUnited Torah Judaismagainst8
Naor ShiriYesh Atidabstained9
Limor Sonn Har MelechOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Tzvika FoghelOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Yitzhak KroizerOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Waleed AlhwashlaRa'amfor7
Yasir HujeiratRa'amfor7
Waleed TahaRa'amfor7
Mansour AbbasRa'amfor7
Numbers and sources
For
5
Against
30
Abstained
1
Present, did not vote
1

Only members with a record are counted. No record does not mean the member was absent. Official results for votes after July 2021 are not published in the open data.

Source: vote page on the Knesset website ↗

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