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Israel to Hold Unprecedented Third Election in a Year After Knesset Dissolves
Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz’s failure to form a government, Israeli lawmakers vote to hold third election on March 2, 2020
Campaign posters for Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and Benny Gantz (R), Jerusalem, June 24, 2019Emil Salman
Israelis are headed for a third election in one year after the Knesset dissolved itself on Wednesday following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz’s failure to form a governing coalition.
Israeli lawmakers passed overnight a bill to hold the third election on March 2, 2020.