The Israel Parliament approved today a measure for a 50,000,000 pound emergency defense tax proposed by the government and sent the bill to the Knesset Finance Committee. The bill was adopted by 56 to six, with only the Communist Party voting against it.
In a second vote, the deputies upheld the government’s foreign policy. In a vote on a variety of bills dealing with the government’s policy, the Mapai-led coalition received 46 votes, a Communist motion received six votes, a Herut motion, four votes and a General Zionist resolution, four votes.
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