Ministers back bill to monitor domestic abusers after sinking similar opposition measure

The government approves an updated version of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s bill to electronically monitor domestic abusers, three months after tanking a similar proposal put forward by the opposition.

The bill would enable the court to order electronic tracking of domestic violence suspects and perpetrators after risk assessments are conducted, but only if there is a previous conviction or open indictment. However, the bill provides an exception for an urgent risk of danger in the absence of monitoring, to be determined by a judge.

Ben Gvir slammed the March opposition bill as failing to adequately protect men, and says on Sunday that his draft “will balance the vital need to fight domestic violence and prevent violence with our duty to protect against false complaints and accusations and preserve the freedom of the innocent.”

“Unlike the previous government that did not implement the law, our government will do so – but we’ll bring a more precise and better law,” he adds.