Walking back a recent decision, the Ministerial Committee for Legislation will discuss on Sunday a bill initiated by the previous coalition to introduce electronic tracking of domestic violence offenders.
Ministers will review former justice minister Gideon Sa’ar’s bill a week after deciding to delay any further discussions by six months. That bill had already passed its first reading in the previous Knesset.
Under the original proposed legislation, GPS technology would be used to ensure that an offender does not come within a distance specified by a restraining order.
The law proposed by Sa’ar — now an opposition member — is regarded by professionals as life-saving, the Haaretz news site reported Sunday.
The change of course comes shortly after the latest domestic murder in the country. On Friday police arrested a Haifa resident on suspicion of murdering his wife, a mother of three. Darya Leitel, 31, had previously complained of threats from her husband.
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She was the fifth female homicide victim in Israel since the start of the year.
It was not clear whether the latest murder had brought about the government’s decision to reconsider the bill.
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