Struggling to form coalition, Netanyahu hails direct vote for PM as way out of deadlock

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Apr. 19, 2021 4:07 PM
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu backed on Monday the idea of a direct election for the role of prime minister, saying that "there's a solution" for Israel's ongoing political deadlock, with two weeks left before his mandate to form a government expires and with hardly any progress reported in coalition talks.
"Instead of forming absurd governments... there'll be direct election for prime minister," Netanyahu said ahead of a Likud faction meeting at the Knesset. "The public will elect the prime minister directly in a snap vote, without dissolving the Knesset."

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