In Israel take place in the April early elections. Netanyahu has confirmed on Monday the decision of its coalition.
Update from the 24. December, at 15.46 PM:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has confirmed on Monday the decision of his coalition to new elections in April. He hoped for “a clear mandate for our government to continue their path,” said Netanyahu at a meeting of his right-wing Likud party in Jerusalem.
Netanyahu said that he sees the current right-religious coalition as “the core of a future coalition”. “With God’s help we will prevail”, and called on Netanyahu. Regular elections should be held only in November 2019. According to Israeli media early election should now report at 9. April to take place.
Netanyahu spoke of the numerous achievements of his government in the political, economic and military area. In doing so, he cited the decision of U.S. President Donald Trump a year ago, Jerusalem as the capital of Israel to recognize, as well as the relocation of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem in may.
Netanyahu’s right-religious coalition government was the last to come under increasing pressure. Since the resignation of the defence Minister, Avigdor Lieberman in November, Netanyahu had to govern with a narrow majority of 61 of the 120 seats in the Parliament. Votes in the Knesset in Jerusalem were increasingly becoming a nail-biter for the coalition.
in addition, Netanyahu is because of corruption allegations under pressure. In the coming months is expected to be a Betpas decision of the Prosecutor’s office about possible charges in three cases.
Jerusalem: Early elections in Israel in April
Jerusalem – In Israel, at the beginning of April instead of early elections. All of the government parties had agreed, said a spokesman for the Likud party of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday. So far, Netanyahu, whose government has been stuck for some time in the crisis, had rejected new elections. Regular should only be in November 2019 re-elected.
The radical right-wing settlers ‘ party Jewish home of education Minister Naftali Bennett had threatened in November with a Left to the government coalition, should Bennett be appointed the new defense Minister.
Chaos in the government
defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman had previously stated as a Protest against a ceasefire with the Palestinians in the Gaza strip for his resignation. At the same time, Mans ultra-nationalist party Israel Beitenu (Israel Our home) left also prefer the coalition so that it has only a one vote majority in Parliament. Israel Beitenu, as well as the remaining coalition partners from the center-right party Youth and Jewish home had demanded then new elections.
Netanyahu, who took the post of defense Minister, had rejected early elections as “irresponsible”. In view of the tense security situation, such demands were “unnecessary and wrong”.
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