(JNS) The Knesset has passed a law that will prevent the early release of convicted terrorists serving sentences in prison.

The legislation, proposed by MKs Anat Berko (Likud) and Oded Forer (Yisrael Beiteinu), will deny terrorists the ability to be released after two-thirds of their sentences, as can occur with other prisoners who show remorse and demonstrate their rehabilitation.

The law was submitted following an exposé in the Yediot Ahronot newspaper, in which the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu exposed the plans of the Defense Ministry to reduce the sentences of terrorists by one-third for good behavior.