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Israeli MPs approve dissolution of parliament

By AFP
December 03, 2020

JERUSALEM: Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday gave approval to the dissolution of parliament, a first step towards the collapse of the coalition government, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defence Minister Benny Gantz. The opposition-proposed bill to dissolve parliament secured 61 votes in favour with 54 voting against after Gantz, Netanyahu's political rival, announced that his Blue and White party would break ranks with the fraught coalition.