Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, has overwhelmingly approved a preliminary bill to dissolve itself, paving the way for the country’s fifth national election in less than four years. Two days earlier, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Alternative PM Yair Lapid conceded that they had “exhausted options to stabilize” their coalition a year after it was established.
Bennett’s government is the most diverse in Israel’s history, with nine female ministers, two Arab ministers, two openly gay ministers and a minister with physical disabilities.
Despite this unprecedented breadth of representation, the prospect of another round of elections has led some media pundits to mock Israel’s democratic credentials.
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