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Israel's Netanyahu accepts compromise, avoids election

by Associated Press
| August 23, 2020 11:27 AM

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Sunday that he had accepted a proposal to extend budget negotiations, preventing the government from collapsing and plunging the country into a new election.

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