The Israeli Knesset passed the 1998 budget by a vote of 58-52. The vote was seen as the first test for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the resignation of Israeli Foreign Minister David Levy left him with a one-vote majority in Israel’s Parliament.
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