Political Crisis Deepens In Israel: Netanyahu’s Troubles Increase
Political crisis deepens in Israel: Netanyahu’s troubles increase, elections will be held for the fourth time in two years.
Israel has reached the polls for the fourth time in two years. The Israeli government collapsed on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition government failed to meet the deadline to pass the budget.
The proposal to extend the budget passage by two weeks failed by 49 votes against 47, as Netanyahu’s Likud Party and Defense Minister Benny Gantz’s Blue and White Party failed to agree.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition partner, Blue and White leader Benny Gantz, have blamed each other for the collapse of their seven-month-old government.
Political crisis deepens in Israel: Netanyahu said, “Blue and White withdrew from the pacts and we were dragged into unnecessary elections during the Corona crisis.”
He further said, ‘We do not want elections and we have voted against it, but we are not afraid of elections, because we will win!’
Gantz, while referring to the allegations of corruption on Netanyahu, said, ‘I am sorry that the Prime Minister is in favor of his lawsuit and not in the public interest.
Instead of ensuring economic stability and rehabilitation of the economy, in a period of uncertainty Ready to drag. ‘
Since the formation of the government in May, there has been a deadlock between the two parties over the budget.
To reach an agreement, Netanyahu and Gantz proposed extending the budget deadline Tuesday for two weeks. But members of his own parties voted late Monday night to oppose the motion.
Donald Trump waives a sentence of 15 people, two people found guilty in the Russian investigation.
US President Donald Trump pardoned 15 people on Tuesday. They include two people convicted in the Robert Muller investigation and their Republican colleagues.
These include the government contractor firing on Iraqi civilians. During this period, Trump’s former advisor George Papadopoulos, US Parliamentarian Duncan Hunter, and Chris Collins and four Blackwater Guards involved in the Iraq Massacre were granted pardons.
They include Alex van der Jawan, a lawyer from the Netherlands. He was sentenced to 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to lying to Muller investigators.
