Quick passage of budgets draws praise for coalition while raising questions about Netanyahu’s political comeback. By David Hellerman, World Israel News A marathon Knesset session ended with lawmakers approving the 2021 and 2022 state budgets. Their passage provided a boost to the governing coalition’s stability, raised questions about Benjamin Netanyahu’s political comeback and averted early elections. The 2021 budget had a November 14 deadline and was more urgent. Failure to pass a budget on time would have resulted in the Knesset’s automatic dispersal and new Israeli elections. That NIS 609 billion ($194 billion) budget passed by a vote of 61-59....
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