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Opposition defeats coalition-backed bill for the first time, after Otzma Yehudit lawmakers fail to show up
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Lawmakers attend a plenum session in the Knesset, July 24, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
A series of bills that were expected to come to a vote in the Knesset plenum today have been pulled from the schedule after the coalition failed to secure a majority in the first vote of the day.
A traffic bill put forward by the government was defeated 21-20 in its first vote, making it the first time the opposition gained a majority over the coalition since the government was sworn in at the end of 2022.
Hebrew media reports that the government is lacking a majority in the plenum after Otzma Yehudit lawmakers failed to attend the session.
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