Israel economy focuses voters' minds

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Israelis go to the polls to vote for a new government in the next week - and like many other places in the world, the economy is one of voters' main concerns.

The relatively strong economic growth of the past few years has been tempered by government over-spending - resulting in a deficit of nearly twice what was projected in 2012.

Simon Atkinson reports from Tel Aviv.

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