Government reaches agreement on six-month extension on family unification law

 https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-reaches-agreement-on-six-month-extension-on-family-unification-law/

 Israel’s disparate coalition members reached an agreement early Tuesday on a compromise on the contentious Palestinian family reunification law that will likely see it pass in the Knesset, Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked announced.

During an all-night debate on the vote, which was deliberately extended by the coalition to give it time to hash out a deal with the left-wing Meretz party and the Arab Ra’am party, an agreement was reached to see the law extended by six months instead of annually.

Under the agreement Meretz will vote for the deal along with two of the four Ra’am MK’s, most likely allowing the deal to squeak through. The vote was not expected before dawn Tuesday.