ISRAEL: BEGIN ANNOUNCES THAT KNESSET IS TO BE DISSOLVED AND NEW ELECTIONS TO BE HELD

Record ID: 636682

  • Title: ISRAEL: BEGIN ANNOUNCES THAT KNESSET IS TO BE DISSOLVED AND NEW ELECTIONS TO BE HELD
  • Date: 1st January 1981
  • Summary: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL Prime Minister Menachem Begin entering press conference, and speaking. Begin says that the Cabinet has decided on the dissolution of the Knesset, and that new elections will be held in July 1981. "... if my friends have confidence in me then I will do whatever they decide. This is democracy."
  • Embargoed: 16th January 1981 12:00
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  • Location: Israel, Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA27W3MI42LC01MQ0M3J9C0PCV4
  • Story Text: JERUSALEM, ISRAEL



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