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Thursday, May 7, 2020
Yamina party members absent from vote on coalition deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleThe premiership rotation bill is approved by a margin of 72 to 36, with members of the religious right-wing Yamina party, which has indicated it might opt for the opposition, not showing up for the vote.
Also absent are some members of the right-wing opposition Yisrael Beytenu party, including party leader Avigdor Liberman, a bitter rival of Netanyahu.
Now that lawmakers have approved the bill, in effect naming Netanyahu their preferred candidate for prime minister, President Reuven Rivlin is expected later today, ahead of tonight’s deadline, to task him with forming a government.
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