The Israeli parliament approved its dissolution on Thursday and called new legislative elections for November, ending a period of just over a year of the Executive made up of eight parties from across the political spectrum.
The fall of the current government, until now headed by Naftali Bennett, means that the Foreign Minister, Yair Lapid, serve as caretaker prime minister until the next governing coalition is formed.
The parliamentary dissolution was approved by 92 of the 120 deputies and it was triggered by the deep political crisis between the different parties that make up the coalition.
The differences between the eight parties seriously limited the functioning of the Executive, which in recent months has faced several crises marked by dismissals and that have even led it to lose its parliamentary majority.
In this way, Israel carries out fifth legislative time in less than four yearsprolonging the deep political crisis that the country has been experiencing since 2018.
With the formal dissolution of the Knesset (Parliament), a turbulent week in which there were various attempts to thwart the vote itself through bureaucratic means and differences between the different parties also came to an end.
One of the divergent points of the last few days was related to the date of the next elections, which ended up scheduled for November 1.
In light of the election calendar, Bennett announced Wednesday that will not be presented in the next legislatureleaving the current Minister of the Interior, Ayelet Shaked, at the head of her right-wing Yamina party.
Bennett’s announcement came during a farewell speech in which he showed his support for Lapid and argued that “Israeli parties must put aside ideological differences and must concern themselves with issues related to security, the economy and the future of the state.” From Israel”.
According to surveys released in recent days, Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, is emerging as the eventual winner.as it happened in the surveys carried out in three of the last four elections.
In second place in the polls is Lapid’s centrist Yesh Atid party, which stands out as the political leader capable of standing up to Netanyahu’s Likud.
Source: Observadora
