Israel to hold snap election after Netanyahu coalition talks fail

Knesset votes to dissolve parliament after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form new government

Israel’s parliament has voted to dissolve itself after Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a government, in a move that will lead to a second round of elections just one month after the country held a national poll.

Coalition talks stalled after far-right former defence minister Avigdor Lieberman, a Netanyahu ally-turned-rival, refused to back the the prime minister.

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