19.11.2019 - 07:29 [ Haaretz ]

A Third Election Is Almost Inevitable. Even Israel‘s Political Kingmaker Knows That

Israeli politics is entering an unprecedented 48 hours. For the first time in Israeli electoral history, it looks extremely likely that two candidates tapped by the president have failed to form a government. We will be entering the final three-week period, in which any Knesset member can try to gather 61 MKs‘ signatures to try and form a government. And if that doesn’t happen, a third consecutive election campaign.