Even if a right-wing government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu forms in September, there will be little time to pass bills to provide him with immunity from prosecution.
The Israeli Knesset has voted to dissolve itself and call for new elections—less than two months after Israelis went to the polls and one month after the new Knesset was sworn in. Knesset members were forced to vote themselves out of a job, even before the newly elected members had a chance to receive their state-funded cars.
During the most recent campaign, Netanyahu promised he would not seek immunity after the election from prosecution in the three cases in which the attorney general stated Netanyahu would be indicted, pending a hearing. This time, Netanyahu’s hand was especially weak, since the both the Blue and White party and the Labor Party made it clear they would consider joining a coalition government with Netanyahu's Likud party, but only after Netanyahu was no longer its head. The remaining parties understood Netanyahu had no choice but to agree to their terms.
Lieberman, whose base of support is slowly disappearing, showed he was unwilling to compromise on a bill he helped negotiate that provided the ultra-Orthodox with an almost complete exemption from military service. The elderly leader of the ultra-Orthodox Gur Hassidim insisted an even more complete exemption.
Without Lieberman’s support, Netanyahu did not have the 61 votes he needed to form a government. Although Yisrael Beiteinu had received only five seats, Lieberman understood he held the cards. Moreover, he has a long history with Netanyahu, much of it negative.
So a new election is now scheduled for September 17. By the time a new government is finally sworn in, Israel will have gone almost a full year with a transitional government, which has limited authority to act. Will the election results in September be any different? Most observers think that is unlikely. However, there are too many factors at work to accurately predict the outcome.
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