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A "don't panic" sign hang on the entrance of a closed food market that was shut down in order to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 23, 2020. In Israel daily life has largely shut down with coronavirus cases multiplying greatly over the past week. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

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Likud members urge speaker to defy Israeli high court order
March 24, 2020 2:26 p.m.

Likud members urge speaker to defy Israeli high court order

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel appeared on the verge of a constitutional crisis Tuesday as top members of Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud urged their party colleague and parliament speaker to defy a Supreme Court order to let lawmakers hold a vote for his successor.