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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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Tuesday, March 31, 2015
Peretz’s fleeting term as Knesset speaker
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleVeteran MK Amir Peretz is serving as Knesset speaker for exactly one hour and 50 minutes – after parties agreed to advance a vote on Likud MK Yuli Edelstein to continue serving in this role.
The Knesset speaker customarily comes from the ruling party, but in Israel’s political tradition, after elections the interim chairperson is the most veteran MK serving in the new Knesset.
Since the vote for Edelstein will be held at the end of the session, Peretz serves in the role for less than two hours.
At the end of his lengthy speech, political analyst Amit Segal joked that Peretz made a speech lasting “most of his term” as chairman.
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