The Knesset voted 61-58 in open balloting tonight in favor of a Labor Alignment bill to hold elections by the end of May or early in June. The vote followed six hours of acrimonious debate during which Likud tried in vain to hold a secret ballot. It apparently hoped that some Labor Alignment members would vote against their party’s measure. The bill now goes to the Knesset’s Legal Committee in preparation for its first reading. It has to go through three readings.
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