Israel PM Netanyahu accepts budget compromise, avoids election
25 August 2020 |
11:00 am
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he has accepted a compromise to end a budget dispute. Failure to reach an agreement would have plunged Israel into an unprecedented fourth election within 18 months.
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