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Haredi Agudat Yisrael faction indicates it will vote in favor of dissolving the Knesset
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The three-MK Agudat Yisrael faction of the ultra-Orthodox United Torah Judaism party indicates that it will support the dissolution of the Knesset should it come to a vote, after the spiritual leader of the party’s other faction, the four-MK Degel HaTorah, tells lawmakers to act bring down the government.
“We’ve been waiting a long time to disperse,” an Agudat Yisrael source tells The Times of Israel.
It is not immediately clear whether this means the Knesset will vote to disperse in the next few days, and, if so, when elections might be held. As things stand, elections must be held no later than October 27, 2026.
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