Almost half of Israeli Jews oppose barring hametz from hospitals during Passover, though most don't eat any during the holiday, a new Israel Democracy Institute poll found.
Justice minister says nationwide rallies will be organized 'to show what the majority of the public wants,' and bills will pass after Passover, even as Netanyahu talks of consensus
The Legislation Is the Brainchild of Finance Committee Chairman MK Moshe Gafni, Whose ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism Party Has Moved to Reverse Many of the Reforms to Israel's Religious Status Quo Championed by the Previous Government
The issue of hametz in hospitals has come up every year in recent years, even serving as the official trigger for then Yamina MK Silman to quit the previous coalition.
Law does not allow searches of visitors' belongings; opposition leader Lapid warns legislation will only push more secular people to resist what they see as religious coercion