Israel Heads to Fourth Vote in Two Years Over Budget Crisis
- New challenger might be able to unseat Netanyahu, polls show
- Country beset by policy-making turmoil since December 2018
The budget crisis was the ostensible reason the alliance between Netanyahu’s Likud party and Gantz’s Blue and White unraveled.
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Israel’s brittle governing coalition collapsed after just seven months, sending the election-fatigued country to its fourth vote in two years.
The campaign will feature a new challenger who might win enough support to dethrone the long-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, polls suggest. The ballot is to take place on March 23 after parliament failed to approve a national budget for the second year in a row.