Filibuster

Rothman announced on Monday evening that there could be votes on the bill already on Tuesday. The bill is currently being prepared by the committee for its first reading on the Knesset floor.

Democrats hold a bare majority in the Senate now, and two Democratic senators, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema, have opposed ending the filibuster.

“It’s remarkable,” he said. “It’s a tapestry of Israel and it’s remarkable we put it together," said scholar and Yisrael Benteynu MK Yossi Shein.