![]() The vote was held a day after it was approved by Cabinet ministers, despite an objection by the country's attorney general, which said the bill might promote bribery of politicians and corruption. It calls for the cancellation of an existing law that bars public servants and their spouses from receiving donations for legal proceedings or medical care. The bill needs to pass three more full rounds of votes before getting its final approval. The bill passed a preliminary unbinding vote in the Knesset (parliament) plenum on Monday, with 53 lawmakers voting in favour and 49 against, reports Xinhua news agency. Jerusalem, March 7 (IANS) Israeli lawmakers have advanced a bill to allow Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to keep a donation from his relative to cover expenses of his ongoing graft trial.
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