Video Israeli security blitz halts Palestinian meeting
The meeting was due to vote on his proposed new cabinet. Israel, meanwhile, is facing a possible government crisis after the Labour Party, one of the two main coalition partners, threatened to vote against the budget later this week. Jim Fish reports.
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