The United Torah Judaism and Shas motion entitled “A trefah [non-kosher] Government" was rejected by a majority of 59-50.
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On July 3, 1982, about a month into the Lebanon War, Avnery caused a storm when he met Yasser Arafat in the western part of besieged Beirut, and ran an interview with him.
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"You are a philosopher, you only know how to talk and leave the doing to the rest of us," Kahlon told Netanyahu bitterly.
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Netanyahu told the three Haredi coalition leaders at the meeting, who insist they oppose the draft law in its present form: "I do not want new elections, but I'm not afraid of elections, and if there are elections, I'll do fine."
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Ze'ev Elkin, 46, is one of the natural candidates to replace the PM one of these days.
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Deri was furious at Netanyahu's request, and told the PM, while walking out of the room: "I know what you're doing to me and I will not let you do it."
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'It's well known that when a coalition MK votes against the government line he knows he's going to pay a price.'
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One of the most celebrated quotes from Sunday's debate was from Likud Minister Miri Regev who reportedly cried out: "What's the point in having a corporation if we don't control it?"
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The new law is all but tailor-made for the inequities of one MK — the vociferous Haneen Zoabi (Joint Arab List).
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"I ask all those who are asking questions and those who may have hope in their hearts: don't hurry to have suits made. Stop the tailors."