The government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is scrambling to secure a majority for the nation’s 1999 budget before the Knesset recesses later this week. The opposition Labor Party is calling for passage of an interim budget until June, when the government voted into power in the May elections can draw up the budget for the remainder of the year.
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