What are Ministerial Committees?

The Government authorizes the Ministerial Committees to deal with and resolve certain matters, thereby making the Government’s operation more efficient. Resolutions by the Ministerial Committees may become valid Government Resolutions if, two weeks after being submitted to the ministers, no minister has appealed.

The Government may decide to establish a Committee in any field it deems necessary. However, there are a number of Committees which are mandatory by law.

Each Committee has several ministers, one of whom is defined as Chairman of the Committee. His authority during the meetings is similar to that of the Prime Minister during Government meetings, and it is he that determines the dates when the committee will meet and the issues on its agenda.

List of Committees

Ministerial Committee for National Security Issues

Ministerial Committee for Legislation and Law Enforcement

Ministerial Committee for Social and Economic Affairs (Socio-Economic Cabinet)

Ministerial Committee for Non-Jewish Sector Issues

Ministerial Committee for Appointments in the Foreign Service

Ministerial Committee for the Development of the Negev and the Galilee

Ministerial Committee for Symbols and Ceremonies

Ministerial Committee for General Security Services Issues

Ministerial Committee for Permission to View Confidential Material from the Archives

Ministerial Committee for Privatization Issues

Ministerial Committee for Issuing Permission for Publications

Ministerial Committee for the Environment and Dangerous Materials

Ministerial Committee for Immigration, Absorption, and the Diaspora

Ministerial Committee for Internal Matters and Services

Ministerial Committee for Science and Technology

Committee for Coordination Between the Government and the World  Zionist Federation and the Jewish Agency

Ministerial Committee for Preparedness for Dealing with Earthquakes

Ministerial Committee for the Struggle Against Violence

Ministerial Committee for Issues Relating to the Greek-Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem

Ministerial Committee for the Remaining Jews in Ethiopia

Ministerial Committee for the Implementation of the Disengagement Plan with Regard to Assistance for the Evacuees and Alternative Communities

Ministerial Committee for Issues Regarding Employment of Foreign Workers

Ministerial Committee for Unauthorized Outposts (Report by Atty. Talia Sasson)

Ministerial Committee for State Auditing

Ministerial Committee for the Advancement of the Status of Women in Israeli Society

Ministerial Committee for Intellectual Property

Ministerial Committee for Road Safety

Ministerial Committee for Regional-Economic Development

Ministerial Committee for Issues Relating to the Greater Jerusalem Area

Cabinet for the Strengthening of the North and Haifa

Ministerial Committee for Legislative Amendments Needed to Implement Government Resolutions Regarding Economic Policies for 2007

Sub-Committee of the Ministerial Committee for Social and Economic Affairs (Socio-Economic Cabinet) for the Examination of Pensioner Agreements in Israel

Ministerial Committee on Burial Matters

Ministerial Committee for the Examination of Allowances for the Elderly

Ministerial Committee for the Return of Jewish Rights and Property

Ministerial Committee for Welfare and Social Services

Ministerial Committee for the Follow-up of the Implementation of Recommendations in the Interim Report of the Committee to Examine the Campaign in  Lebanon of 2006 (“Winograd Report”)

Ministerial Committee for the Release of Palestinian Prisoners

Ministerial Committee for Rural and Agricultural Settlements

Ministerial Committee to Examine Revoking the Obligation for Visas for Russian Tourists

Ministerial Committee for the “Mugrabe Gate”

Ministerial Committee for the Events Marking the 60th Anniversary of the State of Israel

Ministerial Committee for Legislative Amendments Needed to Implement Government Resolutions Regarding Economic Policies for 2008

Ministerial Committee for the Regularization and Restoration of Social Rights to which Immigrants were Entitled in their Countries of Origin

Ministerial Committee for Follow-up and Oversight of the Implementation of Government Resolutions