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Monday, August 24, 2020
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Monday, August 24, 2020
Knesset begins debate on budget delay as coalition tensions simmer
The Knesset begins a debate in the plenum ahead of the final votes on a bill to delay the state budget’s passage by 100 days, a move that would avert elections.
The plenum debate starts hours before a midnight deadline to pass the budget extension, after which the government will automatically dissolve and new elections — the fourth since April 2019 — will be called.
Hebrew media reports say the government is seeking to vote on the bill before 11 p.m.
The debate opens on the backdrop of continued sniping between Likud and Blue and White and amid warnings by both coalition parties that the crisis could yet spiral.
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