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The snap elections will be held in Israel on March 23, after the Israeli parliament (Knesset) failed on Tuesday to meet the deadline for approving the budget, which required its dissolution.
The Knesset chairman announced its dissolution late Tuesday night in a televised session, saying that holding early elections has become automatic because Parliament did not approve the budget.
This is the fourth election in Israel in two years, and it came after the failure of the Likud party, led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his partner in the ruling “Blue and White” coalition led by Defense Minister Benny Gantz. ; By passing a law to delay the approval of the budget for two weeks.
“The Likud did not want elections and we repeatedly voted against them,” Netanyahu said in a statement Tuesday night, vowing that his party would win them.
Netanyahu (left) and Gantz formed a coalition government last May after 3 elections (Reuters)The deadline for approving the budget in accordance with the law (after a maximum of 100 days after the formation of the government) was scheduled to end on August 25, but the Knesset introduced an amendment to the law and the deadline was postponed until December 23th.
During that period, the dispute between Netanyahu and Gantz over the budget prevailed; The first wanted to approve it for one year, while Gantz insisted that it be for two years according to the coalition agreement signed between them last April, and according to which the government was formed a month later.
The Israeli parliamentary election campaign begins at a time when Netanyahu is facing popular anger over the approach he took to addressing the Corona crisis, in addition to his follow-up in court on corruption charges.
Netanyahu and Gantz formed a unity government last May after three inconclusive elections since April 2019, but reached a dead end due to a dispute over budget approval, a necessary step to implement an agreement under which Gantz would seize power from Netanyahu in November 2021..
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