this Parliament Israeli approved its dissolution this Thursday, and Calls for new elections for NovemberIt ended the term of a Ruler made up of parties from all over the political spectrum, which was just over a year old.
The fall of the current government, so far led Naphtali Benet, the current foreign minister Yair Lapidhe will be acting prime minister until the formation of the next governing coalition.
Decision to dissolve parliament Approved by 92 of 120 MPs by the deep crisis between its constituent and coalition factions.
The differences between these parties have severely limited the functioning of the Government, which has experienced multiple crises in recent months and has resigned from its members and even lost its narrow majority.
deep political crisis
Thus Israel will perish. fifth elections in less than four yearsIt widens a deep political crisis that began in late 2018.
The Knéset (Parliament) has had a rough week with its dissolution today. several attempts to carry out this vote were frustrated due to bureaucratic obstacles and disagreements between different parties.
One of these disagreements was about the date of the next elections, which will be held on 1 November.
Faced with these elections, the prime minister so far, Naftali Benet announced yesterday that he will not appear and will leave the current Interior Minister, Ayelet Shaked. head of the far-right Yamina party.
Benet’s announcement came during his farewell speech from his post, where he highlighted some of his Leaders’ achievements, supported Lapid, and emphasized the importance of Israeli parties “putting ideological differences aside and addressing security, the economy, and the future of the State of Israel”.
According to polls published recently, the former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu He turns out to be the winner in the number of votes, as in three of the last four elections – prosecuted for corruption.
However, the chances of forming a government will depend on it. alliances it can form and the electoral consequences of its traditional ultra-Orthodox and far-right partnersfailing to obtain the necessary seats to form a coalition of more than 60 lawmakers along with Netanyahu’s Likud in the previous elections.
Lapid is second in the polls and emerges as the leader of the anti-Netanyahu bloc, which has faced major challenges in co-administration last year.