The “Chometz Law” – a bill prohibiting the entry of chometz into hospital on Pesach, passed in its first reading in the Knesset on Wednesday. The bill, which was proposed by UTJ MKs Moshe Gafni and Yaakov Asher and passed with a vote of 60-49, aims to restore the religious status quo prior to 2018, when the Supreme Court ruled that hospitals are prohibited from banning the entry of chometz into hospitals. The debate prior to the vote was carried out at high volumes and members of the opposition screamed out “Busha” even during the vote. Likud MK Dudi Amsalem spoke from the Knesset plenum and slammed the members of the opposition: “I’m embarrassed that this vote was brought to the Israeli Knesset. Until now, I thought we were a Jewish state but there are people here who undermine every Jewish principle.” “You can scream – as long as Am Yisrael isn’t connected to mesorah, it’s only a matter of time until the state ceases to exist,” Amsalem warned. “You’re a bushah to Am Yisrael.” (YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)

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