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Knesset Begins Voting on Basic Law for Torah Study with Netanyahu Present
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First reported by Kikar HaShabbat · 2 hours ago
What happened
The Israeli Knesset started voting on the Basic Law for Torah study on July 1, 2026, with Prime Minister Netanyahu attending; Yuli Edelstein and Yoav Iluz opposed the bill.
- 01Knesset began voting on Basic Law for Torah study on July 1, 2026.
- 02Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was present during the vote.
- 03Knesset members Yuli Edelstein and Yoav Iluz voted against the bill.
- 04The vote corresponds to the 16th of Tammuz, 5786 in the Hebrew calendar.
- 05No public reactions or additional details have been published yet.
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