A key Israeli legislator said he may ask Knesset members to return from their summer recess to vote on early elections. The warning from Hanan Porat came after a Knesset committee held a stormy session Wednesday on two bills — one to dissolve the Parliament and hold early elections, and the other to abolish the direct election of the prime minister.
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