Israel’s Knesset Law and Legislative Committee was due to meet Wednesday to set a date for new elections. Knesset Speaker Avraham Burg said that while the elections should technically be held Feb. 4, the date coincides with the memorial day for a helicopter crash in which 73 Israeli servicemen were killed.
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