After appeal, man given 13 months in jail for tweet threatening Netanyahu
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Follow Dec. 20, 2020 Defense Minister Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan party said Sunday that it has agreed to postpone the Tuesday deadline to pass Israel's 2020 state budget by one week, in a move that could give it more time to negotiate a deal with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud to avoid what would be a fourth election cycle in two years. According to the statement, legislation will be advanced Monday to move the 2020 budget deadline to December 31, and the 2021 budget to January 5. "According to the bill, if these budgets are not passed by the set dates, the Knesset will be dissolved...