הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון מס' 159) (עונש מוות למחבלים), התשפ"ו-2025Bill on Criminal Law (Amendment No. 159) (capital punishment for terrorists), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Bill passed first reading: 39 for, 16 against

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

What was put to the vote

«להעביר את הצעת החוק לוועדה להכנה לקריאה שניה ושלישית»

First reading: A vote on the bill after committee preparation (government bills start here). If it passes, it goes back to committee for further work. Glossary →

Bill: חוק עונש מוות למחבלים, התשפ"ו-2026Death Penalty for Terrorists Law, 2026auto

By party on the day of the vote

Coalition and opposition voted differently.

coalition33 for · 0 against

opposition6 for · 16 against

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Likudהליכודcoalition20 for · 0 against — majority for

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Religious Zionismהציונות הדתית בראשות בצלאל סמוטריץ'coalition7 for · 0 against — majority for

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Yisrael Beytenuישראל ביתנוopposition6 for · 0 against — majority for

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Otzma Yehuditעוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גבירcoalition6 for · 0 against — majority for

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Hadash–Ta'alחד"ש-תע"לopposition0 for · 5 against — majority against

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Ra'amרע"םopposition0 for · 5 against — majority against

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Laborהעבודהopposition0 for · 4 against — majority against

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United Torah Judaismיהדות התורהopposition0 for · 2 against — majority against

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Yaakov Asheragainst
Uri Maklevagainst

Roll call (55)

Showing 55 of 55

Member	Party at the time	Vote	Source code
Avichay Avraham Buaron	Likud	for	7
Boaz Bismuth	Likud	for	7
Nir Barkat	Likud	for	7
Sasson Sassi Guetta	Likud	for	7
Tally Gotliv	Likud	for	7
May Golan	Likud	for	7
Shalom Danino	Likud	for	7
Amit Halevi	Likud	for	7
Nissim Vaturi	Likud	for	7
Ofir Katz	Likud	for	7
Hanoch Dov Milwidsky	Likud	for	7
Tsega Melaku	Likud	for	7
Afef Abed	Likud	for	7
Etty Hava Atia	Likud	for	7
Moshe Passal	Likud	for	7
Ariel Kallner	Likud	for	7
Shlomo Karhi	Likud	for	7
Eliyahu Revivo	Likud	for	7
Kathrin Shitrit	Likud	for	7
Osher Shkalim	Likud	for	7
Naama Lazimi	Labor	against	8
Merav Michaeli	Labor	against	8
Gilad Kariv	Labor	against	8
Efrat Rayten Marom	Labor	against	8
Michal Miriam Woldiger	Religious Zionism	for	7
Ohad Tal	Religious Zionism	for	7
Tzvi Yedidia Sukkot	Religious Zionism	for	7
Moshe Solomon	Religious Zionism	for	7
Ofir Sofer	Religious Zionism	for	7
Orit Malka Strock	Religious Zionism	for	7
Simcha Rothman	Religious Zionism	for	7
Samir Bin Said	Hadash–Ta'al	against	8
Ahmad Tibi	Hadash–Ta'al	against	8
Ofer Cassif	Hadash–Ta'al	against	8
Ayman Odeh	Hadash–Ta'al	against	8
Aida Touma Sliman	Hadash–Ta'al	against	8
Yaakov Asher	United Torah Judaism	against	8
Uri Maklev	United Torah Judaism	against	8
Avigdor Liberman	Yisrael Beytenu	for	7
Yulia Malinovsky	Yisrael Beytenu	for	7
Sharon Nir	Yisrael Beytenu	for	7
Evgeny Sova	Yisrael Beytenu	for	7
Hamad Amar	Yisrael Beytenu	for	7
Oded Forer	Yisrael Beytenu	for	7
Amichay Eliyahu	Otzma Yehudit	for	7
Itamar Ben Gvir	Otzma Yehudit	for	7
Issac Shimon Wasserlauf	Otzma Yehudit	for	7
Limor Sonn Har Melech	Otzma Yehudit	for	7
Tzvika Foghel	Otzma Yehudit	for	7
Yitzhak Kroizer	Otzma Yehudit	for	7
Waleed Alhwashla	Ra'am	against	8
Yasir Hujeirat	Ra'am	against	8
Iman Khatib Yassin	Ra'am	against	8
Waleed Taha	Ra'am	against	8
Mansour Abbas	Ra'am	against	8

Numbers and sources

For: 39
Against: 16
Abstained: 0
Present, did not vote: 0

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 ↗