A week into the incoming coalition's legislative blitz and days before it is expected to announce the formation of a government, lawmakers officially pass the 25th Knesset's first law, which will make it harder for rebel lawmakers to peel off from their factions. The change removes a provision that enables four MKs from any faction to split off into a separate faction without suffering any political sanctions. Now, a group must constitute at least a third of a faction to split off. The 32-member Likud faction pushed the bill to shut down the threat of disgruntled lawmakers splintering off, or using the potential of doing so as leverage for various demands.

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