3 coalition MKs oppose | Basic Law: Torah Study passes in first reading
63 MKs vote in favor of bill to legislate Basic Law: Torah Study. MKs Yuli Edelstein (Likud), Dan Illouz (Likud), and Moshe Solomon (Religious Zionists) oppose it
Assessment
Three coalition MKs broke ranks to oppose a bill that would enshrine Torah study as a Basic Law, despite its passage with 63 votes in first reading. The defections from Likud and Religious Zionists suggest intra-coalition friction over the bill's content or implications. Further legislative stages will test whether this opposition grows or remains isolated.