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Why Does Israel Keep Having So Many Elections?


Israel continues to return to the polls mainly because voters are still divided equally on the question of whether Benjamin NetanyahuIsrael’s longest-serving prime minister, qualified to run the country while on trial on corruption charges.

Mr. Netanyahu was investigated in 2016, on allegations of bribery, fraud and breach of trust. Since then, the country has been split between those who think he should stay out of politics and those who don’t.

Two elections in 2019 ended in a stalemate, leaving Mr. Netanyahu in power but unable to assemble a formal coalition. One third election in 2020 Netanyahu and Benny Gantz, a former army commander, but their alliance quickly fell apart before it even established the national budget, leading to the fourth election in March 2021.

That election also ended in a stalemate, but Mr. Netanyahu was ousted from office when a small far-right party led by Naftali Bennett, a former ally of his, broke ranks and formed a coalition. alliance with Mr. Netanyahu’s opponents.

Despite some initial success, including setting up Israel’s first budget in more than three years, Mr. Bennett controlled only a small majority and struggled to rule amid profoundly different political climates. ideology among coalition members. The the government collapsed in June this year between disagreements over the rights of Israel’s Arab minority, the relationship between religion and the state, and settlement policy in the occupied West Bank.

Mr. Bennett has ceded power to Yair Lapida former center broadcaster, and called for another early election – Israel’s fifth election since April 2019.

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