Israel's parliament rushes bill to call third general election within a year as government-formation talks break down ahead of midnight deadline
A combination picture shows Benny Gantz , leader of Blue and White party, at an election campaign event in Ashkelon, Israel on April 3, 2019 and then Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu smiling at a polling station in Jerusalem, April 9, 2019.
The move prolongs a political stalemate that has paralysed the government and undermined many citizens' faith in the democratic process. Both sides said they were working until the last minute to find some way out of the deadlock. However, a breakthrough seemed highly unlikely. “Israelis are frustrated as a result of the fact that there is no decisive outcome. But there is also an understanding that we are in a very unique and unprecedented situation where a prime minister who is very popular within his own constituency is also being indicted with very severe crimes,” Plesner said.The most straightforward way out of the stalemate would be for Gantz’s centrist Blue and White party to form a unity government with Netanyahu's Likud.
Gantz has said he would make a deal with a different leader of Likud. But Netanyahu has so far managed to fend off a burgeoning insurrection inside his party, with just one major figure, Gideon Saar, daring to openly challenge him. Netanyahu is not legally compelled to step down after being indicted, but Israeli law is fuzzy about whether he could be given authority to form a new government after the next election. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, who was harshly criticised by both sides throughout the lengthy process he took to press charges, will now be required to rule on that question as well before a likely court challenge.
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