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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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The failure of any or all of these four parties would mean that anywhere from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of center-left votes would go unrepresented in the Knesset, effectively working to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu s advantage. That said, Netanyahu would almost certainly be prevented from establishing a coalition if Religious Zionism failed to pass the threshold.
With 30 days to go until Election Day, the rise and fall of Israel s small parties is the main issue on the agenda and will have significant implications for how the coalition will be built, who will stand at its helm, and whether or not Israel will be dragged into its fifth election in a little more than two years.