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After hours of discussion in the Knesset Finance Committee and plenum, the Knesset during the night of 7 Kislev (Wednesday to Thursday) approved the 2015-2016 state budget in a 61 to 59 vote. The Arrangements Law was also passed, in a 57-55 vote.

Now with the state budget passed into law, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu promises to push ahead the amended draft law in line with demands from chareidi parties. The amended bill is scheduled for a vote in the Knesset on Monday, 11 Kislev.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem)