Israel will face its fourth snap election in two years after its parliament missed a Tuesday deadline to pass a budget. Netanyahu will remain in office at least until a new government is formed after the March election. He’s led Israel since 2009 and served a previous stint as prime minister from 1996-1999. He will also be running during the new Biden administration, which is not anticipated to be as automatically supportive as the Trump White House and could undercut one of his key arguments for his reelection bid. Meanwhile, Gantz tweeted that “Netanyahu is taking us to an election for the sole purpose of not going to jail.”

Source: The North Africa Journal December 23, 2020 02:03 UTC