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Bennett warns failure to pass Shabbat bill could topple government
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleJewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett warns coalition members that not passing a bill that would shutter mini-markets on Shabbat could lead to the government’s fall.
“We have also voted for things we didn’t like,” says Bennett at a Jewish Home faction meeting, according to the Walla news site. “But to everyone there is something important.
“For us personally essential things are important and if they continue to play games this will dismantle the government and we’ll go to elections,” Bennett warns.
The coalition’s Yisrael Beytenu party is opposed to the bill.
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