Knesset rejects bill to delay budget deadline, sends Israel heading to elections
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(Worthy News) – The Knesset overnight Monday-Tuesday narrowly rejected a bill that would have deferred a Tuesday midnight deadline for passing the 2020 state budget, and thus set Israel on an almost certain course to its fourth general election in two years.
Barring a highly improbable rapprochement Tuesday between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue and White Defense Minister Benny Gantz, the Knesset will automatically dissolve at midnight on Tuesday, and Israelis will go to the polls again, probably on March 23, 2021. [ Source: Times of Israel (Read More…) ]
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