11 February 2026, 12:23 · 25th Knesset · vote no. 45219

Preliminary readingVote on the billelectronic vote

הצעת חוק העונשין (תיקון - הגדרת סוכן חוץ), התשפ"ה-2025Penal Bill (Amendment – Definition of Foreign Agent), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Bill failed preliminary reading: 26 for, 51 against

77 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 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 העונשין (תיקון - הגדרת סוכן חוץ), התשפ"ה-2025Penal Bill (Amendment – Definition of Foreign Agent), 2025auto

By party on the day of the vote

Coalition and opposition voted differently.

coalition0 for · 47 against
opposition26 for · 4 against
  • for
  • abstained
  • against
Likudהליכודcoalition0 for · 22 against — majority against

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Yesh Atidיש עתידopposition18 for · 0 against — majority for

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Shasהתאחדות הספרדים שומרי תורה תנועתו של מרן הרב עובדיה יוסף זצ"לcoalition0 for · 8 against — majority against

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Blue and Whiteכחול לבן - המחנה הממלכתיopposition6 for · 0 against — majority for

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Religious Zionismהציונות הדתית בראשות בצלאל סמוטריץ'coalition0 for · 5 against — majority against

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Otzma Yehuditעוצמה יהודית בראשות איתמר בן גבירcoalition0 for · 5 against — majority against

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New Hopeהימין הממלכתיcoalition0 for · 4 against — majority against

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United Torah Judaismיהדות התורהcoalition0 for · 3 against — majority against

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Hadash–Ta'alחד"ש-תע"לopposition0 for · 2 against — majority against

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Ra'amרע"םopposition0 for · 2 against — majority against

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Laborהעבודהopposition1 for · 0 against — majority for

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Yisrael Beytenuישראל ביתנוopposition1 for · 0 against — majority for

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Roll call (77)

Showing 77 of 77

MemberParty at the timeVoteSource code
Zeev ElkinNew Hopeagainst8
Mishel BuskilaNew Hopeagainst8
Sharren Miriam HaskelNew Hopeagainst8
Akram HassonNew Hopeagainst8
Dan IllouzLikudagainst8
Avichay Avraham BuaronLikudagainst8
Boaz BismuthLikudagainst8
Tally GotlivLikudagainst8
Avi DicterLikudagainst8
Galit Distel AtbaryanLikudagainst8
Shalom DaninoLikudagainst8
Amit HaleviLikudagainst8
Nissim VaturiLikudagainst8
Ofir KatzLikudagainst8
Yariv LevinLikudagainst8
Hanoch Dov MilwidskyLikudagainst8
Tsega MelakuLikudagainst8
Moshe SaadaLikudagainst8
Afef AbedLikudagainst8
Etty Hava AtiaLikudagainst8
Moshe PassalLikudagainst8
Ariel KallnerLikudagainst8
Shlomo KarhiLikudagainst8
Eliyahu RevivoLikudagainst8
Kathrin ShitritLikudagainst8
Osher ShkalimLikudagainst8
Gilad KarivLaborfor7
Ohad TalReligious Zionismagainst8
Tzvi Yedidia SukkotReligious Zionismagainst8
Ofir SoferReligious Zionismagainst8
Orit Malka StrockReligious Zionismagainst8
Simcha RothmanReligious Zionismagainst8
Moshe AbutbulShasagainst8
Yinon AzoulayShasagainst8
Moshe ArbelShasagainst8
Uriel BussoShasagainst8
Haim BitonShasagainst8
Yoav Ben TzurShasagainst8
Yosef TaiebShasagainst8
Yakov MargiShasagainst8
Ahmad TibiHadash–Ta'alagainst8
Ayman OdehHadash–Ta'alagainst8
Yaakov TeslerUnited Torah Judaismagainst8
Yitzhak Ze'ev PindrusUnited Torah Judaismagainst8
Meir PorushUnited Torah Judaismagainst8
Karine ElharrarYesh Atidfor7
Debbie BitonYesh Atidfor7
Vladimir BeliakYesh Atidfor7
Merav Ben AriYesh Atidfor7
Simon DavidsonYesh Atidfor7
Boaz ToporovskyYesh Atidfor7
Moshe TurpazYesh Atidfor7
Meirav CohenYesh Atidfor7
Ron KatzYesh Atidfor7
Yorai Lahav HertzanuYesh Atidfor7
Yair LapidYesh Atidfor7
Tatiana MazarskyYesh Atidfor7
Shelly Tal MeronYesh Atidfor7
Adi EzuzYesh Atidfor7
Yasmin FridmanYesh Atidfor7
Matti Sarfatti HarcaviYesh Atidfor7
Naor ShiriYesh Atidfor7
Michal Shir SegmanYesh Atidfor7
Sharon NirYisrael Beytenufor7
Eitan GinzburgBlue and Whitefor7
Chili TropperBlue and Whitefor7
Orit Farkash HacohenBlue and Whitefor7
Yael Ron Ben-MosheBlue and Whitefor7
Alon SchusterBlue and Whitefor7
Pnina TamenoBlue and Whitefor7
Amichay EliyahuOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Issac Shimon WasserlaufOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Limor Sonn Har MelechOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Tzvika FoghelOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Yitzhak KroizerOtzma Yehuditagainst8
Yasir HujeiratRa'amagainst8
Mansour AbbasRa'amagainst8
Numbers and sources
For
26
Against
51
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 ↗

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