Signs: The Knesset will advance legislation to hold elections on March 3

The Knesset is expected to dissolve automatically at midnight on Wednesday, but in the plenary this week, a basic law amendment will be in place so that elections are held a week before the original date. The legislative change requires a majority of 61 MKs in three readings. The polls were due to open on March 10, marking the Purim holiday

Signs: The Knesset will advance legislation to hold elections on March 3

Signs: The Knesset will advance a change in the Basic Law this week so that the next elections will take place on March 3, 2020, the week before the original date, the more the government's contacts will fail. The change requires a majority of 61 MKs in three readings, and it is required that, and according to current law, elections are scheduled to take place on March 10, marking the Purim holiday, a date that most Knesset factions say is problematic for holding elections.

The Knesset is expected to dissolve automatically on Wednesday at midnight, the 21-day term given to the Knesset to assemble the government after two candidates, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Blue-White Chairman Benny Gantz failed when they had the mandate. Therefore, the change in the law is required to advance even earlier.

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Over the past week, faction leaders in the Knesset have held discussions on an agreed date for the third election. Discussions raised three key dates: February 25, March 3 or March 17. In addition, it was possible to postpone the elections on March 24, but this proposal was rejected because it was too long to be postponed from the original date.

In blue and white, they preferred to pre-empt the elections as much as possible in order to save time and budget, and, in agreement with the Central Election Commission, sought to hold the elections on February 25, Likud and Shas opposed it, claiming it was a premature date that did not allow a thorough preparation for Election Day. Emphasizing Agudat Israel's faction, the veto was held on March 17 in light of the commemoration of Rabbi Elimelech of Lizansk, where some of the party's voters are flying overseas to prostrate themselves.

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Knesset Attorney General Il Yinon made it clear yesterday that if a third election is held, it will be held on March 3, because on Purim's 10th month. In the deadlock in the negotiations for the establishment of a unity government and the expected elections to the extent that no government will be formed until midnight on Wednesday, the Knesset Speaker explained that the third elections cannot be prepared. "We cannot be calm, lest we suddenly get 23:59 on Wednesday. Notice that there is a unity government, which according to the publications will also require legislative changes such as anchoring the rotation in law. We can't get these things unprepared, because they happen from moment to moment with very short notice. "

In a panel held during a public trial in Haifa, Yanun expressed concern about the political crisis. "Israel is in a deep political-constitutional crisis that, like us, would not doubt whether we see the way out of it."