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Wednesday, August 02, 2000, updated at 21:22(GMT+8) | |||||||||||||
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Israeli Parliament Passes Early Election Bill in Preliminary ReadingIsrael's Knesset, or Parliament, Wednesday morning passed a bill calling for dissolving the Knesset and holding a new election, another blow to Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and his peace efforts.A total of 61 Knesset members voted for the bill, submitted by the major opposition Likud legislators Silvan Shalom and Limor Livnat, while 51 MKs voted against it, Israeli television reported.
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