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Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Knesset to hold marathon session to okay UAE deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe Knesset has officially scheduled a vote on a normalization treaty with the United Arab Emirates for 11 a.m. on Thursday.
Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin will deliver remarks after which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will present the agreement. Opposition Leader Yair Lapid will also deliver an address, a spokesperson says.
The debate will be opened up for any Knesset member or minister to give a four-minute speech. So far some 100 people have signed up, meaning the debate may take more than six hours.
The Knesset is expected to overwhelmingly support the deal, with only the Joint List expected to oppose the agreement, calling it an arms deal, not a peace treaty.
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