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The Economy Committee chaired by MK David Bitan today continued preparations for the controversial bill by MK Israel Eichler and others, which is intended to "amend the Communications Law" in order to allow subscribers or a group of subscribers to limit or block dialing and receiving calls from certain numbers.
The current situation gives authority to the rabbinic committee for communication matters to block and limit telephone numbers without supervision and notification of the blocked, and to prevent owners of kosher telephones from making calls to external parties.
In the discussion it emerged that among them - perhaps even essential phones of government bodies and others are hidden.
The bill seeks to limit the portability of a phone number from a range of designated phone numbers also known as a "kosher floor", as well as limiting the portability of numbers between one "kosher floor" and another "kosher floor", but allows switching between providers on the same floor.
The meaning of the "Koma Hachshara" is that there are numbers that are considered kosher, and they are blocked to a long list of phones determined exclusively by the rabbis.
The end subscriber does not have the option to cancel the block independently and his mobility is limited.
In the previous discussion it was even suggested that 10,000 people could form a closed group of numbers from which mobility would not be possible.
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suggested that Karai be responsible for determining which numbers should not be blocked/Knesset spokeswoman Noam Moshkowitz
Chairman Bitan repeated his position from the previous meeting, according to which he is against religious coercion but also against secular coercion. MK Gilad Karib commented on the bill, saying that the freedom to leave a "kosher floor" does not exist.
MK Karib forwarded questions to the Ministry of Communications, and the VP of Engineering at the Ministry, Maimon Shamila, answered them during the debate.
Shmila explained that the rabbinic committee has an interface that it can transfer to the cell phone companies from numbers it wants to block.
The ones who do the actual blocking are the cellular companies.
The computer knows how to check that the request is correct and then executes."
MK Karib asked "Can the Rabbinical Committee block someone from Purshi Gor because it does not suit them? What are the criteria for blocking?".
Shmila explained that "the communication companies do not examine every reason, but make sure that there is a written reason and then block. The providers do not block numbers that are not allowed to be blocked according to the regulation, such as the numbers of a country and its institutions and help centers defined by law."
MK Yorai Lahav-Hertzano asked if this was not a violation of the freedom of occupation, and the Minister of Communications, MK Shlomo Karai, replied: "In the name of all the reasons for violating this freedom and this freedom, you are trying to harm the freedom of the community."
Chairman Bitan asked to include this mechanism in the bill.
MK Karib added and asked, "Is it possible to block a subscriber whose main use is private communication? If so, this is the unlimited power of the rabbinic committee. Tomorrow they will not want to provide assistance and counseling lines to battered women of gay community".
Chairman Bitan replied that "there will also be no direct or indirect secular coercion.
We will introduce a process into the law if someone complains to the professional body at the Ministry of Communications and he will understand that procedures are needed and procedures will be made.
Not fitting into a group is a consideration, otherwise why do you make a group?
After there is a text, we will discuss it."
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MK Karib commented on the absence of representatives of the cellular companies and said: "The cellular companies prefer not to be here so that we don't ask them questions.
What are they hiding?
As a subscriber to the cellular company, I am appealing to the companies to bother and come to a discussion concerning half a million subscribers." Shamila continued to answer the questions and pointed out that there are about 500,000 subscribers on kosher floors, and the question of how many such subscribers there are in each company is a trade secret."
During the discussion, the question also arose as to whether it would be possible to block numbers of aid and first aid centers.
Chairman Bitan proposed to allow the Minister of Communications, in consultation with the Ministers of Health and Welfare, to determine the numbers that cannot be blocked. MK Yorai Lahav Hertzno opposed this, saying that it should not be left to the discretion of a politician who has already said that if it was up to him There was no pride parade.
Bitan replied that the minister's decision will be subject to review like any minister's decision.
At the end of the discussion, MK Bitan asked for amendments to be made to the wording and added that the committee would continue the discussion soon. He also asked for the Ministry of Justice's reference to the claims raised in the discussion and for a reference from the Competition Authority regarding the effect of the proposal on competition.
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