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Coalition heads call early elections in April
Coalition party heads announce that they have agreed to dissolve the Knesset and call new elections.
“Out of national and budgetary responsibility, the leaders of the coalition parties decided, unanimously and unanimously, to dissolve the Knesset and go to new elections at the beginning of April after a four-year term,” the heads of the five coalition parties say in a joint statement.
They stress that none of the parties will leave the government and that “the partnership in the Knesset and in the government will continue during the elections.”
— Raoul Wootliff
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