Attorney general says no legal option to cancel September elections — report

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit has said in closed meetings that there is no legal way to cancel the September 17 elections, Channel 12 reports, amid rumors that the two biggest parties are trying to pass legislation nixing the vote and to form a unity government.

Both Likud and Blue and White have denied those reports.

Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit attends a farewell ceremony for Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, at the Justice Ministry offices in Jerusalem on June 4, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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