Netanyahu's Coalition Submits Bill To Dissolve Parliament, Trigger Fresh Polls
The move follows a coalition crisis over military draft exemptions, and polls show Netanyahu’s bloc could win about 50 of the 120 Knesset seats, officials said.
- On Wednesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition submitted a bill to dissolve the Knesset, initiating the formal process toward holding early elections later this year.
- The move follows an internal coalition crisis over a haredi draft bill, with faction Degel Hatorah demanding dissolution on Tuesday as the government's four-year term nears completion.
- Netanyahu's proposed legislation mandates elections no less than 90 days after approval, granting the prime minister flexibility to schedule voting when he perceives the highest likelihood of electoral success.
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Early elections are being prepared in Israel.
The Netanyahu government has now come to an end. Fatal has been the announcement of ultra-Orthodox parties to vote for the government's distrust, protesting with the failure to agree on the law for the enlistment of young religious. Thus, the head of the government coalition has deposited the bill for the dissolution of the Knesset. A complicated situation for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who, while retaining a hard core of supporters, in t…
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The Israeli government coalition has introduced a bill to dissolve Parliament, paving the way for an early election before the end of the summer. Benyamin Netanyahu will seek a final term there
The Israeli government coalition has tabled a bill on Wednesday to dissolve Parliament and call elections in five months, a day after several opposition parties took a similar step in the face of the blockade of legislation that exempts members of the ultra-orthodox Haredi community from military service. The president of the government bench in the Knesset – the Parliament – and Likud deputy, Ofir Katz, has been charged with presenting this ini…
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