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Israel to head to polls for fourth time in two years, following government collapse
Israel is going to hold another snap election after its Parliament failed to meet a deadline to pass a budget, presenting new challenges for the country’s longest-serving leader, Benjamin Netanyahu.
Key points:
- In the past two years, Israel has been led by a series of unstable coalitions
- Mr Netanyahu has been accused of forcing another election to avoid going to jail
- The PM has blamed his deputy coalition leader for the Government’s failure
This will mark the country’s fourth parliamentary election in two years, given Mr Netanyahu nor his opposition challenger Benny Gantz have been able to stitch together lasting coalition governments following three inconclusive polls.
Since they both formed a unity government in May 2019, there has been…
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