Explained: Why Israel is headed to its 5th election in 3 years, and what now
The fragile and short -lived Israeli coalition government announced on Monday that they would submit a bill next week to dissolve parliament, set a stage for the fifth election in three years, and the possibility of returning to the longest prime minister's authority in the country, Benjamin Netanyahu.
The four previous Israeli elections between 2019 and 2021 were basically a plebisite about whether Netanyahu could rule when facing a trial for serious corruption charges. Netanyahu, who was charged in November 2019, has denied the accusation.
After the bill was passed, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, leader of Yamina, the Right Wing Political Alliance, will resign, and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, Leader Leader of Liberal Centris Yesh Atid, will become a temporary PM until a new government ...