Israel faces new election as Netanyahu misses deadline to form governing coalition

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Israel faces new election as Netanyahu misses deadline to form governing coalition

 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sits at the plenum at the Knesset, Israel's parliament, in Jerusalem May 30, 2019. REUTERS/Ronen Zvulun

 

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli lawmakers voted to dissolve parliament early on Thursday, paving the way for a new election after veteran Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government before a midnight deadline.

 

The ballot is widely expected to take place in September, the second this year. It represented unprecedented upheaval, commentators said, even in a country used to political infighting, and dealt a blow to Netanyahu, who had claimed victory in the last vote, held on April 9.

 

Parliament's 74-to-45 vote took place just minutes after a midnight deadline for Netanyahu to form a coalition.

 

He is set to become Israel's longest-serving prime minister in the summer.

 

The turmoil arose from a feud between Netanyahu's presumed allies - ex-defence minister Avigdor Lieberman, a far-right secularist, and ultra-Orthodox Jewish parties - over military conscription.

 

The religious parties do not want young ultra-Orthodox seminary students to be forced to serve in the military. But Lieberman and many other Israelis want them to share the burden of mandatory military duty.

 

Yet a new election represents less of a setback for Netanyahu than the alternative - in which Israel's president, Reuven Rivlin, could have asked another politician to try and form a ruling coalition.

 

Faced with the prospect of having to step aside and watch one of his political rivals push him to the margins, Netanyahu instead drummed up votes to dissolve the 120-seat Knesset.

 

(Reporting by Reporting by Stephen Farrell and Dan Williams; editing by Grant McCool)

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-05-30

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[Pedrogaz]

Let's all hope that this most evil of men, Netanyahu, fails to win the next election and gives peace a chance in the Middle East. Imagine....

[Jingthing]

Let's all hope that this most evil of men, Netanyahu, fails to win the next election and gives peace a chance in the Middle East. Imagine....

This situation has almost nothing to do with what you seem to think it does.

 

 

Why Israel is heading back to elections

 

 

 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/why-israel-may-be-heading-back-to-elections/2019/05/29/bd9870f2-8233-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html

 

 

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[Elfin]

59 minutes ago, Pedrogaz said:

Let's all hope that this most evil of men, Netanyahu, fails to win the next election and gives peace a chance in the Middle East. Imagine....

I totally agree with you Pedrogaz

[stevenl]

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

This situation has almost nothing to do with what you seem to think it does.

 

Why Israel is heading back to elections

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/why-israel-may-be-heading-back-to-elections/2019/05/29/bd9870f2-8233-11e9-933d-7501070ee669_story.html

 

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Religious extremism is a worldwide problem, muslim, christian and jew.

[klauskunkel]

21 minutes ago, stevenl said:

Religious extremism is a worldwide problem, muslim, christian and jew.

it is. And it's mostly a human stupidity problem.

[bristolboy]

7 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Let's all hope that this most evil of men, Netanyahu, fails to win the next election and gives peace a chance in the Middle East. Imagine....

You really think the Israeli political system is going to produce a PM fundamentally different from Netanyahu? The rising generation of Israelis are actually more supportive of Netanyahu and his views than are their elders. 

[Jingthing]

Yeah there are no prospects for a peacenik type Israeli PM in the foreseeable future. But look on the bright side. There are Israeli politicians to the right of Bibi. 

[Morch]

8 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Let's all hope that this most evil of men, Netanyahu, fails to win the next election and gives peace a chance in the Middle East. Imagine....

 

Regardless of disliking his politics, conduct and style - "most evil of men" is a wild exaggeration. Plenty of worse around, and that's not including past figures.

[bristolboy]

2 minutes ago, laspalmas said:

He is so corrupt that there is no way out for him just to get the next immunity..

and defer the bars.

Politicians in SEA are angels of purity compared to Israeli !

Because the Justice systems in SEA regularly goes after chief executive incumbents?

[welovesundaysatspace]

8 hours ago, Pedrogaz said:

Let's all hope that this most evil of men, Netanyahu, fails to win the next election and gives peace a chance in the Middle East. Imagine....

Agree. He’s a terrorist.

[Morch]

32 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Yeah there are no prospects for a peacenik type Israeli PM in the foreseeable future. But look on the bright side. There are Israeli politicians to the right of Bibi. 

 

There's some truth to the saying be careful of what you wish for. In this instance I don't think that there's an obvious right-wing candidate who will replace Netanyahu - but rather a danger that right wing parties will make further electoral gains, or that the new electoral distribution would be more favorable for him.

 

An outright left-wing pro-peace leader managing to generate enough support to challenge Netanyahu, never mind forming a coalition, is not in the cards. But the recent elections did see a Centrist candidate manage to do that, at least with regard to the first condition. I'd argue that having such leadership in place would be better than the imaginary unattainable "peacenik type" fantasy.

[Morch]

2 minutes ago, welovesundaysatspace said:

Agree. He’s a terrorist.

 

Of course he is. There there.

[metisdead]

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[Kasane]

Hope the next Israeli PM will advance Palestine state solution instead of practicing apartheid and caging millions.

[metisdead]

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[thaibeachlovers]

With any luck he will miss out next time.

[Guest Jerry787]

lets hope this terrorist horrible human being, bibi,  that caused thousands of innocent death of Palestinians children , women teens, will not able to form a government anymore, as well he may indicted for war crimes and sentenced to life in a jail without parole.


 

[Morch]

16 minutes ago, Jerry787 said:

lets hope this terrorist horrible human being, bibi,  that caused thousands of innocent death of Palestinians children , women teens, will not able to form a government anymore, as well he may indicted for war crimes and sentenced to life in a jail without parole.


 

 

Let's hope some posters get a grip on reality.

[sanemax]

On 5/30/2019 at 10:54 AM, Elfin said:

I totally agree with you Pedrogaz

That is what the like button is for , if you agree with a post , just press "like"

If you "totally agree with a post , press the purple cup button

[metisdead]

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