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Gantz backs Knesset motion to disband, moving toward new election

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Published: 3 December 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Gantz blames Netanyahu for deceiving him; motion must still pass three more readings for new poll; if budget not passed, election will be triggered automatically

Knesset advances motion to disband, moving toward 4th elections in 2 years (Times of Israel)
Opposition motion passes 61-54 after support from Blue and White, but must still pass three more readings before new national vote called

How Gantz fell victim to Netanyahu's most sophisticated political sting operation ever (Haaretz)
YOSSIE VERTER: The Knesset will dissolve, the budget won’t pass, and the country will sink into an economic abyss, because Netanyahu never meant to give Gantz his rotation

Netanyahu is a serial deal-breaker (Jerusalem Post)
EDITORIAL: There is no excuse for Netanyahu not adhering to the coalition agreement he signed with Gantz

Gantz claims Netanyahu duped the Israeli public. That’s not what happened at all (Times of Israel)
DAVID HOROVITZ: Now backing new elections, the Blue and White leader asserts ‘It’s not me Netanyahu duped; he duped all the citizens of Israel.’ His formulation is doubly inaccurate

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