Israel: fifth election likely to result in political deadlock

Israeli MPs took oaths in groups of threes as a preventive measure against the coronavirus (Covid-19), leaving many seats empty throughout the Knesset session on 16 March 2020 [Mark Neyman/Anadolu Agency]

As Israel's parliament, the Knesset, starts to dissolve itself today, opinion polls suggest that the country is likely to face another political deadlock, with no faction able to get clear victory in the General Election later this year that enables it to form a government. The polls predict that neither the current government alliance nor that of opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu will control a majority of 61 seats in the 120 seat parliament. The predictions were aired on Israeli TV a day after Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced that they would move to dissolve the Knesset following several defections from parties in the coalition. The country now faces its fifth General Election in less […] Source

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