From PM: New coalition whip’s first task will be passing Jewish state bill
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Likud MK David Amsalem’s first task as coalition chairman will be to secure the passage of the so-called Jewish state law.
The bill would enshrine Israel’s status as a Jewish state in its quasi-constitutional Basic Laws for the first time.
In a Twitter post, Netanyahu calls the bill “one of the most important laws to enter the history pages of the State of Israel.”
The first reading of the bill was expected to take place in the coming weeks.
Amsalem was appointed coalition whip earlier in the day, after Likud MK David Bitan stepped down amid police investigations into his affairs.
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