04.10.2011                      06.Tischrei. 5772

Israelischer Sommer:

Netanyahu fails to amass cabinet backing for Trajtenberg report

Planned vote on findings of committee for socioeconomic reform canceled following day-long negotiations with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who opposes the report.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to pass the recommendations of a governmental panel on socioeconomic change in the government on Monday, after apparently not being able to garner the required cabinet majority.
Monday's vote on the Trajtenberg Committee's final report came following a turbulent 24 hours, as Netanyahu alternated between a discussion of the report or a vote to authorize the panel's findings….