Do you want to learn more about each of the Big 3?
Two-part KnessetJeremy FM interview on Big 3 (Electoral Reform, Shaked, National Referendum) Bills.
Part 1 (from 4:30 on): https://soundcloud.com/yishaifleisher/march2014-q2-final-1
Part 2 (from 4:25 on) https://soundcloud.com/yishaifleisher/march2014-q3-final
Interview aired on Galey Yisrael on Tuesday March 11 2014.
The interview was conducted the day before.
The Basic Law: National Referendum will be the third of the big three to be voted on this week.
It has the least objections and requests for MK speeches.
Unlike the other two bills, this bill has no coalition objections.
The opposition decided to focus most of their efforts on the other two bills.
The bill is meant to prevent Israel from giving up her sovereign territory.
The first of the the three bills up this week for a vote is the Electoral Reform Bill.
The proposed law includes changes to Basic Laws which require 61 MKs to approve.
This bill is a merger of two bills that will change the executive and legislative branches of government, the third branch (Judicial) will not be touched.
Here are some of the main changes that you will find in the Electoral Reform Bill.
* There are many “objections” from both the coalition and opposition that if passed would change the bill.
Update
* I was going to present all speeches on the bill. Due to the opposition MKs decision not to discuss the proposed law from the Knesset podium and the coalition MKs speeches that did not actually discuss the bill – I decided against it.
The three most important bills of the 19th Knesset are expected to come up for their third readings this month, before Knesset goes on recess March 19th. The National Referendum Bill, The Haredi Draft Bill and The Electoral Reform Bill are expected to all pass. Each one of these bills will have a big impact on the country. What is in each bill, what is not in each bill? KnessetJeremy is planning to return to its 18th-Knesset format and give you a summary of each MKs speech in the plenum. It should be a lot of fun.
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The Knesset’s Wednesday session had no bills, queries or motions. It was a festive plenary session that presented an excuse for Israel’s top figures to give speeches on their vision of the Knesset.
Non-Bills Summary
* Speaker Rivlin, President Peres, Prime Minister Netanyahu and Opposition Leader Livni gave speeches marking the Knesset’s 63rd birthday on Tu B’Shvat.
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This was the Knesset Jeremy English translation protocol of the Knesset’s February 8, 2012, session.
Official protocol in Hebrew: There was no official protocol for this date.
The nationalist camp grows to 76 seats according to a poll conducted by Professor Avi Degani, President of the Geocartography group, on Friday, February 17, 2012. Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud jumps to a term-high 39 seats, surpassing his previous high of 38 in early January. Foreign Minister Liberman’s Yisrael Beitenu finishes second with 13 seats, a drop of two from their current position and a seat above their term-low 12. Opposition Leader Livni’s Kadima, which is in the middle of a primary battle, drops to 12 seats, a loss of more than half of their current seats. Labor captures 12 seats as well, and Shas rounds out the top five parties with nine seats. Former journalist Yair Lapid’s party drops to six seats, its lowest showing since September. If the National Union and Jewish Home would merge before elections, the poll places them as the fifth largest party with ten seats. According to this poll, Netanyahu could form a coalition of 62 seats with Liberman, National Union and Jewish Home without the need for any ultra-orthodox or center-left parties.
If elections were held today who would you vote for?
Current Knesset seats in [brackets]
39 [27] Likud
13 [15] Yisrael Beitenu
12 [28] Kadima
12 [08] Labor
09 [11] Shas
06 [—] Yair Lapid Party
05 [04] National Union
05 [03] Jewish Home
05 [05] Yahadut Hatorah/UTJ
04 [03] Meretz
10 [11] Balad, Hadash and Ra’am-Ta’al
00 [05] Independence
76 Nationalist Camp
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