Israel to Hold Unprecedented Third Election in a Year After Knesset Dissolves

Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and rival Benny Gantz's failure to form a government, Israeli lawmakers vote to hold third election on March 2, 2020

Editorial The Ultimate Chutzpah

Israel Heads for Third Election as Lawmakers Convene to Dissolve Knesset

Knesset members have until midnight to pass bill that would determine elections will take place on March 2

Netanyahu Considers Dropping Bombshell: Forgoing Immunity in Order to Form Gov't, Stave Off Election

Such a move by Netanyahu could stop the Knesset from dissolving itself later Wednesday as its mandate to find a candidate to form a government expires at midnight

Netanyahu, Likud Party Rival Agree to Hold Leadership Primary Election on December 26

Gideon Sa'ar says decision, which comes as the Knesset inexorably advances toward a third election, is 'necessary'

Analysis Not a Disaster, a Sign of Hope: Israel Needs This Third Election

Yair Lapid giving up his spot as potential PM shows the Kahol Lavan leadership has learned, and might finally bring about Bibi's downfall

Editorial Hang on Until Midnight

Hours to Deadline, Kahol Lavan Surges in Election Poll as Gantz, Netanyahu Trade Barbs

Despite leaders' statements on last-minute efforts to form a unity government and end political deadlock, lawmakers already tabled a bill to dissolve parliament

Netanyahu Has No Chance of Forming Gov't Even After Third Election, Senior Likud Official Says

Meanwhile, kingmaker Lieberman says he has come under 'a campaign of pressure and enticement' to join narrow government led by Netanyahu

Netanyahu in Last-minute Plea to Lieberman as Gantz Ally Drops Political Bombshell

Ahead of an all but certain third election in a year, Kahol Lavan co-leader Lapid gives up demand for rotation with Gantz for prime minister, neutralizing a major Likud campaign point

Analysis Gantz Took Netanyahu's Favorite Trick — and Used It Against Him

When the Kahol Lavan leader presented Netanyahu waiving immunity as a condition to forming a unity government, he hit the defendant from Balfour Street in his soft underbelly

Analysis Four Ways Netanyahu Protected Himself and Survived for Three More Months

A third consecutive election may seem like a hollow victory, but considering the PM's situation, the bottom-line result is a win

Opinion Collective Insanity Gives Netanyahu’s Right Wing a Crushing Advantage Over Center-left Rivals

As with Trump’s GOP, the Likud is no longer constrained by laws, conventions, traditions or values

Israeli Election to Be Held March 2 if Knesset Dissolves, Netanyahu, Gantz Agree

New date is eight days earlier than the original - March 10 - and alters a tradition enshrined in law, which stipulates that elections in Israel be held on Tuesday

Editorial All That Netanyahu Has Left Are Empty Political Stunts

Likud Cancels Primary for Its Slate, Will Decide When to Hold Leadership Vote

MK Gideon Sa'ar, who has come forward to run against Netanyahu, was booed while addressing the Likud party meeting

Israeli Supreme Court Justice Neal Hendel Tapped to Lead Elections Committee

Outgoing Central Elections Committee head Hanan Melcer recommended last month that whoever fills his shoes 'will be brave and take into account that he will not be popular'

Third Israeli Election Expected in March 2020 if Knesset Dissolves

Parties in disagreement over when exactly to send Israelis to the polls again, on a Memorial Day, Purim or anniversary of Hasidic figure's death

Opinion Netanyahu Is Heading for a Plea Deal

In his view, he will always be Dreyfus on steroids – but the costs of fighting the indictments are just too high, and a bargain with the law just too good to pass up

Analysis House Resolution on Annexation Is a Wake-up Call for Israel and Netanyahu

House Resolution 326 is non-binding, but the Democrats’ warning is crystal clear: Israel’s total alignment with Trump comes at a price

Netanyahu Calls for Direct Election for PM Between Him and Gantz

Kahol Lavan says move is attempt by Netanyahu to deflect attention from indictment in corruption cases ■ Knesset unlikely to approve change in election method as it may dissolve in four days

Labor Lawmaker Tries to Help Knesset Speaker Get a Crack at Forming Government

Omer Bar-Lev says he will attempt to gather the requisite 61 signatures to recommend that Likud's number two, Yuli Edelstein, establish a coalition

Poll: 52 Percent of Israelis Believe Netanyahu Should Resign Over Indictments

Benny Gantz's Kahol Lavan alliance overtakes prime minister's Likud by one seat, 34-33, in new Channel 12 News election poll

Analysis Neither Netanyahu nor Gantz Is Backing Down. There's a 99% Certainty Israel Is Going to Election

Between Netanyahu and Gantz, and among the members of Kahol Lavan's leadership – discord is rife, unity is passé, and promises are unraveling

Opinion Netanyahu Is the Obstacle to a Right-wing Government

Netanyahu, Challenged by Political Rivals, Warms Up to Direct Vote for PM

Changing voting system 'starts to sound interesting,' Netanyahu says, as main Likud opponent Sa'ar accuses him of unleashing 'wild' incitement

Lieberman Rules Out Joining Netanyahu Government, Says Israel Headed for Third Election

Reneging on threats he made to join a right-wing coalition, kingmaker Lieberman announces his decision and warns of a tough campaign full of incitement