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Uri Cohen 12/23/2020
Health officials spar with lawmakers as nation braces for trying times due to the pandemic and the fourth round of national elections in two years
Israel’s parliament on Tuesday dispersed yet again, plunging the beleaguered nation into its fourth election cycle in less than two years, after the government failed to pass a national budget.
While Israelis may feel stuck in an endless Groundhog Day-like loop, this time around Election Day is expected to feel entirely different, as citizens head to the polls on March 23 under the strains and fears of the coronavirus pandemic.
Israel’s three consecutive election cycles in 2019 and 2020 – brought on by parliament’s repeated failure to form a viable government – while exhausting and costly, occurred in the days before COVID-19 swept the globe.