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The Ministry of the Interior of Israel announced today that it will indefinitely postpone the local elections scheduled for October 31st, due to the war that began on Saturday with the militias Palestinians in Link.
The last time an election was postponed in Israel was during the Yom Kippur War 1973.
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As the war enters its fifth day, political debate in Israel centers on the possibility of forming an emergency national government, which would include the centrist leader’s party. Benny Gantzformer Minister of Defense, former head of General Staff and one of the strong figures of the opposition.
The Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin NetanyahuIt is Gantz -who leads the center-right formation national unity– met today at the Army headquarters in Tel Aviv for “finalize the details” about how that emergency Executive would work, after other similar meetings since the start of the war, on Saturday.
Gantz He was a government partner Netanyahu in the past, but their infighting caused the downfall of coalition government that both had agreed in December 2020, when the centrist leader went over to the side anti-Netanyahu who managed to remove him from power in June 2021.
After the last elections in November last year, Gantz remained on the opposite side Netanyahu and refused to join his government coalition.
Amidst the controversy caused by the judicial reform promoted by the far-right government Netanyahu, Gantz He has established himself as the political figure who commands the most popular support in almost every poll.
Netanyahu yesterday obtained the support of its coalition partners, political parties far right and ultra-orthodoxto integrate Gantz in this national emergency government.
According to Israeli media, Gantz would have required the creation of a war cabinet with a small number of ministers who would have been empowered to Make decisionsbut Netanyahu He insisted he has the last word.
Source: Elcomercio
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