| The Knesset, Israel's parliament, failed to pass a budget, one of the many basic acts of lawmaking that have gone unfinished under the fractious power-sharing agreement between right-wing and centrist parties that have battled each other since forming their unity government in April. Elections will automatically be set for March 23, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu facing an usually strong right-wing challenge after defections from his ruling Likud party. |
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