At first reading Parliament voted to dissolve
Israeli lawmakers voted Tuesday morning to pass a bill to dissolve parliament. New early elections will be held.
Israeli Parliament.
AFP
Israeli elected officials voted early Tuesday in the first reading of a bill to dissolve parliament, the key step in calling new snap elections in Israel for the fifth time in four years.
Israeli lawmakers on Wednesday approved the dissolution of parliament and the holding of new elections, following the announcement by Prime Minister Naphtali Bennett of the Modi-led coalition, which has been in power since June 2021. Way for early elections on October 25 or November 1st.
Shortly after midnight, the panel announced that it had completed its work and had “unanimously” approved the bill, which was voted on by the first reading of the entire Assembly of the Knesset (Parliament) with the support of 53 elected members, with or without opposition. The elected 120 members of the Knesset must approve a total of three readings of the bill. However, a parliamentary committee comprising representatives of the opposition and the ruling coalition announced an agreement to close all three polls by 11:59 pm on Wednesday (GMT 8:59 pm). .
Under a power-sharing agreement between Naftali Bennett and current diplomat Yaïr Lapid, the latter will serve as prime minister after parliament is dissolved and the next government is formed. To put an end to twelve years, in June 2021 Messrs. Bennett and Labyrinth formed a unique coalition of right, center, left and Arab parties for the first time in Israel’s history. Without ending the rule of Benjamin Netanyahu as head of government.
But the coalition has suffered several setbacks in recent weeks, and to further weaken it, opposition parties blocked it on June 6 by mobilizing a majority of votes against a bill aimed at applying Israeli law to 475,000 Israeli immigrants. On the occupied West Bank. The law must be renewed by June 30, otherwise the settlers in the West Bank – the occupied Palestinian territory since 1967 – will lose their legal protection under Israeli law. If Parliament is dissolved, this law is automatically extended.
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