Elections for Israel’s president are scheduled to take place Wednesday in the Knesset. It remains unclear whether either candidate — incumbent Ezer Weizman or Likud Knesset member Shaul Amor — will be able to secure the majority in the 120-seat legislature required to win. The are reports that eight to nine legislators from the Labor Party remain undecided, despite a party decision to back Weizman, while a similar number in the Likud were wavering, despite that party’s support for Amor.
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