National Security Strategy Law, 5785-2025
חוק אסטרטגיית הביטחון הלאומי, תשפ"ה-2025
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Formulation of a Political-Security Strategy§
Upon the formation of a new Government, the National Security Staff shall formulate the proposed political-security strategy of the State of Israel for the advancement of political and security interests for the purpose of strengthening the national resilience of the State of Israel.
Proposed Political-Security Strategy§
The proposed political-security strategy referred to in section 1 shall address the basic assumptions regarding the political and security challenges and opportunities facing the State of Israel; it shall set out the threats and challenges and their ranking, as well as the means and ways of dealing with them, including a presentation of alternatives to the said detail; and it shall include, inter alia, the following:
Preparation of the Proposed Political-Security Strategy§
The National Security Staff shall prepare the proposed political-security strategy pursuant to this Law in consultation with the bodies listed below, each body in accordance with its powers and functions under law:
Alternatives to Components of the Political-Security Strategy§
Should one of the bodies with which consultation was held as referred to in section 3 request to present an alternative to a component of the components set out in section 2(1) to (3), the National Security Staff shall include in the proposed political-security strategy the alternative as proposed by that body and the reasoned recommendation of the National Security Staff for the chosen alternative.
Approval of the Political-Security Strategy§
Making Amendments to the Political-Security Strategy§
The Government, or the Ministerial Committee for National Security Affairs — if the Government has delegated its authority to it as referred to in section 5(b) — may make amendments to the political-security strategy, and the provisions of this Law shall apply in that regard with the necessary modifications.
Presentation of the Political-Security Strategy to the Knesset§
Where the Government, or the Ministerial Committee for National Security Affairs — if the Government has delegated its authority to it as referred to in section 5(b) — has approved the proposed political-security strategy laid before it, it shall submit it to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee of the Knesset (hereinafter — the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee) within 14 days of the date of its approval; the Prime Minister or the Head of the National Security Staff shall present the political-security strategy before the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee at a sitting designated for that purpose.
Confidentiality and Publication§
The political-security strategy shall be confidential and its publication is prohibited; however, the National Security Staff shall publish in the Reshumot (Official Gazette) and on the Government's website a summary of the strategy, shortly after its submission to the Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee.
Amendment of the National Security Staff Law – No. 2§
In the National Security Staff Law, 5768-2008, in section 2(a) —
"(5a) to formulate the proposed political-security strategy, as defined in the National Security Strategy Law, 5785-2025;";
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