Ofir Katz also announces that the Knesset will serve out its full term
The winter session began on 19/10/25 and will end on 31/03/26. During this period, the coalition passed 58 bills in their second and third readings, 90 bills in their first reading, and 120 bills in their preliminary reading.
Among the bills approved in their second and third readings:
• Doubling the budget for activities supporting IDF disabled veterans and victims of terror attacks (Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz)
• Tax benefits for reservists (Finance Minister Smotrich and Hanoch Milwitsky)
• Legal aid for senior citizens who were victims of scams (Justice Minister Levin)
• The “Al Jazeera Law” – preventing broadcasts by a body that harms state security (Communications Minister Karhi and Ariel Kallner)
• Expanding eligibility and pension allowances for IDF widows (Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz and Tzvika Fogel)
• Removing barriers and easing procedures for guardians of people with disabilities and those coping with mental illness (Tzaga Malko)
• Simplifying bankruptcy and economic rehabilitation processes (Justice Minister Levin and Simcha Rothman)
• Preventing employment of teachers who support terror and hold degrees from the Palestinian Authority (Amit Halevi and Avichay Boaron)
• An annual economic support package worth half a billion shekels for widows and orphans (Defense Minister Israel Katz, Finance Minister Smotrich, and Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz)
• Easing university admission requirements for reservist students (Education Minister Kish, Tzvi Sukkot, Keti Shitrit, and Yitzhak Kroizer)
• Law to end UNRWA operations (Energy Minister Eli Cohen, Boaz Bismuth, and Limor Son Har-Melech)
• Promoting competition in the food and pharmacy sectors (Yinon Azulai and Moshe Pasal)
• Regulating burial of firefighters in military cemeteries (Tzvika Fogel, Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz, and Osher Shklyam)
• Repeal of the *Aprooffim* precedent in contract law (Justice Minister Levin)
• Increasing the housing supply (Yaakov Asher)
• Protection from dismissal for evacuees, spouses of reservists, and parents required to look after their children due to school closures (Labor Minister Levin and Michal Woldiger)
Additional laws expected to pass by the end of the session:
• The State Budget for 2026
• The Death Penalty for Terrorists Law (Limor Son Har-Melech, Tzvika Fogel, and Nissim Vaturi)
• Compensation for employers for reservists’ social expenses, and easing procedures for unpaid leave (Finance Minister Smotrich)
• Tax benefits for Ashkelon, Nof HaGalil, Nahariya, and Acre (Nissim Vaturi, Coalition Chairman Ofir Katz, Hanoch Milwitsky, and Finance Minister Smotrich)
• Funding for powered wheelchairs for children (Avi Maoz)