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Wednesday, December 9, 2020
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Blue and White’s ‘Equality Bill’ gets initial nod by Knesset, angering Likud
The Blue and White party’s proposal to anchor equality in Israel’s quasi-constitutional laws has cleared a preliminary reading in the Knesset, against the wishes of its coalition partner Likud.
“The Basic Law: Equality” is “aimed to enshrine the right to equality and the prohibition of discrimination,” according to Gantz.
It’s part of a batch of bills opposed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud that Blue and White is raising as the short-lived coalition appears poised to collapse.
The bill would require three more votes to become law.
It passes its initial reading 56-54.
