TEL AVIV—Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made last-ditch efforts to cobble together a governing coalition before a midnight deadline, while his party advanced a vote to dissolve parliament and call for snap elections in case he falls short of a majority. Mr. Netanyahu has commitments from enough right-wing and religious parties to form a government with 60 seats in the 120-member parliament, or Knesset, which is insufficient to pass a 61-seat threshold to form a stable majority ruling coalition. He has until the...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 29, 2019 11:32 UTC