According to Amit Segal (N12), most party leaders in the Netanyahu bloc favor dissolving the Knesset this week. Legislative steps toward new elections could advance as early as the coming days.
Political correspondent Amit Segal (N12) reported at 21:47 Jerusalem that most party leaders in Prime Minister Netanyahu's governing bloc now support dissolving the Knesset this week, according to an internal coalition assessment. The report marks the latest and most concrete expression of a shift reported across the evening: by 21:47, Segal had already noted that dissolving the Knesset this week would not move the fixed October 20 election date, but would kill several coalition bills; shortly afterward, senior coalition figures were quoted warning Netanyahu that delays in Haredi legislation — particularly the Basic Law: Torah Study and the anti-desertion bill — are weakening his standing and urging him to dissolve the Knesset immediately. Segal's subsequent report of majority support among bloc party leaders now consolidates that earlier warnings into a full coalition position.
The thread began at 21:47 Jerusalem when Segal first stated that dissolving the Knesset this week would leave the October 20 election date unchanged, while killing coalition bills including the media law, splitting the Attorney General role, and the override clause. Minutes later, Segal reported that senior coalition figures had directly warned Netanyahu that continued stalls on Haredi legislation are eroding his position, urging immediate dissolution and a transition government; the prime minister, Segal added, had not yet decided. Segal then reported that most bloc party leaders now back the dissolution step, signaling growing internal consensus as The Zioneer reported at each stage.
In the wider context, as The Zioneer reported earlier, the push for dissolution follows mounting pressure from Haredi parties over the stalled basic law on Torah study and other legislation central to their coalition demands. The fixed election date of October 20 remains unchanged irrespective of the Knesset's dissolution timing.
What remains open: Netanyahu has not yet publicly decided, and no formal dissolution vote has been scheduled. The precise timing of any legislative move toward early elections — potentially as early as the coming days — is not yet set.
5 developments
- DevelopingPressure in Haredi parties to advance Knesset dissolution: 'No point continuing this game'
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- DevelopingCoalition accelerates transformative bills as Knesset nears dissolution
- DevelopingSenior Likud figure says Netanyahu 'serious' about arranging committee, will decide in days
Source and signal
- Internal intake