Netanyahu & Lieberman agree to raise electoral threshold; Hadash calls move anti-democratic
The electoral threshold for parties wishing to enter the Knesset will be raised from 2 percent to 3.25 percent, according to an agreement between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Foreign Minister Ivette “Avigdor” Lieberman. While the original bill called for the threshold to be increased to 4 percent, Lieberman agreed to compromise so as to…