 By 2011, about 65% of the municipalities and local authorities in Israel had agreed to allow fluoridation, and there was active opposition to the spread of fluoridation to the towns where it has not yet been instituted.In 2011, the Health and Welfare Committee of the Knesset criticized the Health Ministry for continuation of water fluoridation.On 26 August 2014, Israel officially stopped adding fluoride to its water supplies.