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Middle East 02:36 PM | 20 May 2026

A large majority pushes towards dissolving the Knesset

Fady Mahouly

The Israeli Knesset voted in preliminary reading on a draft law to dissolve it. Israeli Channel 12 reported that the representatives approved in the preliminary reading the proposal to dissolve the Knesset by a majority of 110 votes without opposition.

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