Overview
- The governing coalition, which filed the bill Wednesday, expects an initial Knesset vote as soon as May 20 according to Israeli media.
- The proposal must clear four readings, after which a 90-day clock starts and the Knesset House Committee sets the election date.
- Coalition leaders moved toward dissolution after Benjamin Netanyahu paused a promised law to exempt most yeshiva students from conscription.
- Rabbi Dov Lando urged his Degel HaTorah faction to back dissolution and said they no longer trust Netanyahu, deepening the coalition rift.
- Opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Naftali Bennett say their new ‘Bejahad’ alliance is ready for a snap race, with voting likely in late August or early September and a deadline in October.