Labor party chairman Avi Gabbay urges the government to call new elections for the sake of political stability.
“In the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing about a conflict in the coalition: on the one hand the prime minister wants to call elections as soon as possible, and on the other, the party leaders prefer elections on schedule,” claims Gabbay during the weekly Zionist Union faction meeting. “In this debate, I agree with the prime minister: The time has come for elections.”
“We all see the tensions in Gaza, in the Golan Heights,” and in Lebanon, adds Gabbay. “In this atmosphere, the people of Israel need a focused government and not one that is dealing solely with elections, whether or not they will be held.”
“Therefore, I call on the coalition leaders from here: The time has come for elections,” he says.
The next election is currently scheduled for November 2019. Gabbay, who is not a sitting MK, has positioned himself as a challenger to Netanyahu’s Likud.
The prime minister has not openly acknowledged any interest in calling snap elections.
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