Israel’s Squabbling Leaders in Last-Ditch Bid to Avert Election
- Netanyahu and Gantz are bickering over nation’s budget
- But a new challenger has provided incentive to save coalition
Benjamin Netanyahu
Photographer: Yonathon Sindel/AFP/Getty Images
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Israel’s two largest political parties are making a last-ditch effort to avert a fourth election in two years, with a midnight Tuesday deadline looming.
If a budget isn’t passed by that cutoff, then parliament automatically dissolves while the country is in the midst of a coronavirus-related health and economic crisis. A March 16 election date has been preliminarily approved.