As coalition eludes Netanyahu, Israel is headed for new vote
by Noga Tarnopolsky and Laura King, Los Angeles Times
May 30, 2019
4 minutes
JERUSALEM - Israel slid into political chaos Wednesday when scandal-ridden Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed in his efforts to form a new coalition government - and moved to make sure his main rival wouldn't get to try to do so in his stead.
That means that only seven weeks after the last Israeli election, a new one is now on the horizon.
The chaotic developments not only cast a cloud over the political future of Netanyahu - a Houdini-like figure who in the past has been able to wriggle his way out of almost any political tight spot - but also
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