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Israel Dissolves Parliament, Faces Fifth Election in Four Years

Yair Lapid takes over as prime minister until new govt formed
Ex-premier Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud leads opinion polls

Yair Lapid — Yair Lapid
Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg

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June 30, 2022, 7:57 AM UTCUpdated onJune 30, 2022, 8:20 AM UTC

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Israel’s parliament voted on Thursday to dissolve itself and paved the way to the country’s fifth election in less than four years after a fragile governing coalition collapsed.