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Monday, October 30, 2023
Knesset advances series of war-related legislation
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleCarrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
The Knesset advances a bill to enable the defense minister to declare a foreign individual a terrorist operative, as part of its concentration on war-related legislation.
The bill, which clears its first reading today, is a proposed amendment to Israel’s counterterrorism law. Currently, a foreign individual in Israel can only be recognized as a terror operative if he or she was declared a terror operative by an authorized non-Israeli entity.
In addition, the Knesset advances a bill to streamline data transfer to the National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing, in order to enable swifter designation of terror groups. Currently the NBCTF cannot receive information directly from the Defense Ministry, but must get it indirectly through the police.
A third bill which advances on its first reading would ease inheritance procedures for the beneficiaries of people killed during Hamas’s rampage through southern Israel.
The proposal is a temporary order to be in place for 18 months, from October 7.
The Times of Israel Community.