Israel again goes to elections: fourth in two years

On Tuesday in Israel, the fourth elections will be held for incomplete two years. At the same time, the country does not exclude that the final balance of forces will not allow to form a stable government and after these elections will follow more.

The struggle against the coronavirus pandemic and its economic consequences became the main topic of the election campaign in the Israeli Knesset. The theme of the proceedings of the current Prime Minister of Binjamina Netanyahu with world leaders, including the Presidents of the United States and Russia – Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, writes in his article “Kommersant”.

did not work and the main foreign policy achievement of Netanyahu of the last year is the normalization of relations with Arab countries, known as the “Agreement of Abraham”. The planned visit of the Israeli premier in the UAE several times was postponed. An attempt to commit it literally on the eve of the elections stopped in Abu Dhabi, notes the Russian edition.

According to the forecasts of the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, on Tuesday “Likud” can score about 30 seats in parliament. In addition to her, in Israel, there are still three large parties, which will serve impressive results: Liberal “Yeh Atid” (“There is a future”) Yair Lapid – about 20 seats, Yamin Hadash (“New Right”) Naftali Benneta – more than 12 and the party Netanyahu former comrades – Gideon Saara New “Tikva Khadasha” (“New Hope”) – more than 10.