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Likud police bill crafted to aid Banjamin Netanyahu over gift inquiries

December 1, 2017 15:52
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Likud’s pretence that proposals to restrict the Israeli police’s role in investigating public officials will not benefit Benjamin Netanyahu was all but abandoned this week.

Governing party legislators were pressing their coalition partners to support the bill, with members of the centrist Kulanu party told that failure to pass it could lead to early elections.

The bill passed its first reading in the Knesset on Monday by 46 votes to 37 with Kulanu’s backing.

In an unorthodox move and despite opposition protests, it will be fast-tracked through its next stage in the chamber. The law’s second and third readings are scheduled to take place next Monday.