The Knesset rejected a bill that would defer new elections by briefly delaying Tuesday night’s deadline, almost certainly sending Israel to a fourth vote in two years.
Lawmakers voting after midnight Monday rejected the bill that would have given the rival coalition parties a last-ditch chance to reconcile their stark differences, by a vote of 49 to 47.
Speaking at the end of an hours-long debate, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu again sought to put the blame on his rival Benny Gantz.
Netanyahu told the Knesset that he had spent recent hours trying to secure additional vaccines for Israel and that fighting the virus should be lawmakers’ focus, not fresh elections.
Read more at Times of Israel.
{Matzav.com}
