Binyamin Netanyahu, who failed four times in a row to secure an outright majority, clearly thinks he can do better this time by campaigning against the unlikely coalition he has just helped to bring down
their first anniversary in office, the two leaders of Israel’s unwieldy government announced jointly on June 20th that they had “exhausted all efforts to stabilise the coalition” and would be dissolving Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. Israel is heading for its fifth general election in less than four years.
that he had “learned the value of compromise during the past year”, will cede his job to Mr Lapid during the election campaign. Mr Lapid, in turn, will try to prolong his time as prime minister by preventing Mr Netanyahu from returning to power.
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