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It was a short-lived, shaky marriage of convenience both sides disliked yet endured until they could no longer stomach it.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s expedient partnership with Benny Gantz collapsed on December 22 after seven months of mutual distrust and constant backstabbing and infighting.
With the collapse of their national unity government, Israel was propelled into its fourth general election in two years. It will occur on March 23, amid a lingering coronavirus pandemic which has devastated the economy and killed 3,141 Israelis. The current government will remain in place until a new one is formed after March.