Israel’s Knesset overwhelmingly approved an emergency economic package. With support from Likud and Labor legislators who had not taken part in a previous vote on Monday, the Knesset on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to the bill by a 65-26 vote, with seven abstentions.
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