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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 1, 2019
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, September 1, 2019
Zehut members approve dropout from election race
Members of the nationalist libertarian Zehut party approve a deal inked with Likud to drop out of the election race in exchange for a future ministerial post and the liberalization of the medical marijuana market.
According to Channel 12, 73 percent of Zehut members voted in favor of the deal in a referendum.
Netanyahu has been putting intense pressure on several small right-wing factions to drop out of the election in September so that their votes are not “wasted” if they fail to clear the 3.25% threshold for entering the Knesset.
