193-member assembly likely to adopt text calling for unconditional and permanent ceasefire, days after US vetoed similar effort in security council

Israel’s parliament rejected early this morning a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, the Knesset said in a statement, after an agreement was reached regarding a dispute over conscription, Reuters reports.

The vote, which could have been a first step leading to an early election that polls show prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu would lose, was rejected with 61 opposing it to 53 supporting it.