In Israel's fifth election in four years, the parliament votes to dissolve the country
As a result of Thursday's vote, Israel's Parliament dissolved itself, triggering the country's fifth election in three-and-a-half years and setting the stage for new elections to be held in November.
It had in recent weeks been plagued by internal politics, with members quitting and internal politics failing to pass legislation, which made it challenging to pass legislation. Eight parties from the left, center, and right forged the coalition to keep former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from power.
Naftali Bennett's ruling coalition came to an end with Thursday's 92-0 vote, marking one of his shortest terms as prime minister in Israel's history.
He will stand down at midnight and his coalition partner and former defense minister, Yair Lapid, will step in as interim prime minister and lead a caretaker government on Nov. 1, when new elections will be held.
Recent polling shows his Likud party is on track to win the most number of seats in the next Parliament. However, his right-wing bloc is still unlikely to get the 61 seats needed to form a ruling government, Axios reported.
30 June 2022
