The four were caught crossing the border from Jordan and were deported despite procedures stating that asylum seekers should not be expelled if their return would put them in danger. The Sudanese community in Israel is struggling to understand what happened to them, and their whereabouts are currently unknown

Under the proposed legislation, the special tribunal would be authorized to depart from procedural and evidentiary rules if deemed necessary to ascertain the truth and achieve justice. Some of the hearings will also be held in open court, subject to requests from October 7 victims and their families

At the initiative of far-right Settlements Minister Orit Strock, the government seeks to significantly simplify bureaucratic procedures so that it can establish new Jewish towns in areas with large Arab and Bedouin communities without having to address professional opinions or present economic or planning justifications