Eight months after the last vote, the country is again on the brink of parliamentary elections, the fourth in less than two years. On Wednesday the Israeli Knesset has supported the self-dissolution bill by a majority 61 against 54. The stumbling block for the current coalition government is the approval of the budget for 2021.
Israeli Defense Minister and Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz will on Sunday hold talks with Finance Minister Israel Katz on the 2020-2021 state budget in an effort to avoid holding the fourth election in a row, the Haaretz newspaper reported.
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