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Monday, August 17, 2020
Knesset debates bill to push off budget deadline as elections loom
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Knesset begins its debate on a bill to postpone the budget deadline.
The proposal will grant the coalition government more time to pass the national budget, averting elections by enabling it to bypass an approaching deadline that is just days away.
The bill, proposed by Derech Eretz MK Zvi Hauser, must pass three readings before it becomes law, but its future is uncertain as Likud has not yet committed to supporting it in its second and third readings.
It’s up for its first reading in the plenum this evening.
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