The Knesset is unlikely to approve Lieberman’s amendments to the conversion law.
Religious parties oppose a provision of the bill which authorizes any three local rabbis to form a band and start authorizing conversions. Such an arrangement would encourage prospective converts to shop for the most lenient rabbis—who would be in no short supply.
The bill, sensibly enough, closes the conversion loophole to illegal immigrants, who would of course convert for economic reasons. That provision will be opposed by leftists, who love the illegals.
In any case, very few people want to convert. Since the state is not practically Jewish, they are comfortable with their current religious status.
