Israel’s parliament failed to contest the election

Israel will face its fourth soon-to-be election in two years after missing Tuesday’s parliamentary deadline to pass the budget.

The snap election in March marks a sign of recent developments in Israel’s two-year-long saga that has drawn voters to vote three times as prime minister. Benjamin NetanyahuBenjamin (BB) Netanyahu He finds himself embroiled in an ongoing corruption trial.

Despite allegations of corruption, Netanyahu remained in power and eventually formed a unity government earlier this year with Defense Minister Benny Gentz, leader of the Centre’s Blue and White parties.

The current rift between Netanyahu and Gantz over the national budget has fueled the current rift, which is critical to the power-sharing deal between them, which will bring Gantz to the role of prime minister in November 2021.

Netanyahu will remain in office at least until a new government is formed after the March election. He has led Israel since 2009 and served a previous term as Prime Minister from 1996-1999.

His close ties to Netanyahu have helped President TrumpDonald TrumpMConnel: Senate likely to return December 29 for possible Trump veto override vote Congress passes.3T coronavirus relief, government funding deal No. 2 G.O.P. Senator: Efforts to turn the election around will go ‘down like a shot dog’Is, who paid a significant dividend to the Jewish state. The White House moved the American embassy to Jerusalem, recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights and helped start peaceful deals with the four majority Arab countries, helping the prime minister argue that his ties with Washington and Washington are key to Israel’s prosperity.

However, the prime minister will have to face new right-wing rival Gideon Sar, who strayed from Netanyahu’s Likud party, and will also have to bear the brunt of handling the rapidly spreading coronavirus. He will also run during the new Biden administration, which Trump is not expected to support as automatically as the White House and could be one of his main arguments for his re-election bid.

Both Netanyahu and Gantz expressed confidence that they would do well in the March race.

Netanyahu said he would win based on his “leadership and achievements” and said Likud was the only party that could form an alliance without leftist groups. Gantez, meanwhile, tweeted that “Netanyahu is taking us to the polls for the sole purpose of not going to jail.”