Israel’s Government Collapses, 4th Election Forced

The Washington Post reports:

Israel’s fractious coalition government collapsed Tuesday night, forcing the country into its fourth round of national elections in less than two years.

The immediate cause was the failure of the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, to pass an annual budget by a midnight deadline, one of many basic acts of lawmaking that have gone undone since right-wing and centrist parties reached an unwieldy power-sharing agreement in the spring.

In the upcoming elections, automatically scheduled for March 23, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will face an usually strong right-wing challenge.

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Israel’s parliament was dissolved after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government failed to pass a new budget, sending the country to a fourth election in two years https://t.co/3cecMzsk3X

— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) December 22, 2020

A deadline for Israel’s parliament to pass a new budget has passed, forcing the Knesset to dissolve and automatically triggering the fourth election in two years in March. https://t.co/RClSyCx5ie

— The Associated Press (@AP) December 22, 2020