JERUSALEM —Israel’s parliament dissolved on Wednesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s fractured ruling coalition failed to pass a budget, triggering a fourth election in two years and renewing an unprecedented political crisis.
The coalition led by Netanyahu and his former election rival, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, had been inching towards collapse for weeks, undermined by mutual acrimony and mistrust.
The dissolution of parliament, the Knesset, could see elections held as early as March 23, likely forcing Netanyahu to seek re-election while the coronavirus pandemic is still raging and as his long-awaited corruption trial intensifies.
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