As expected, “Israeli lawmakers voted Thursday morning [30 juin] the dissolution of the Knesset, propelling Yair Lapid to the post of Prime Minister, and the country towards its fifth election in three years”, which will be held and 1is next November, summarizes the Israeli daily Ha’Aretz.
The vote to dissolve the Israeli Parliament was itself the subject of a “political battle” which can be described as a race against time, explains Ha’Aretz. During the legislative process, the leader of the opposition, Benyamin Netanyahu, tried to form a majority coalition to overthrow the government of Naftali Bennett without going through a new ballot.
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Until the next early legislative elections, it is therefore Yaïr Lapid who will hold the post of interim Prime Minister. Naftali Bennett, him, “who sets a record with the shortest tenure of