Likud official says new elections ‘terrible,’ but current situation may be worse as Netanyahu visits Mahane Yehuda

19 August 2020, 5:13 pm

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An unnamed official from Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Likud party is quoted by Hebrew media lashing out at Blue and White over the ongoing coalition crisis and suggesting no agreement will be reached on the state budget by August 25, which would lead to new elections being called.

“This business isn’t working. From the start I didn’t have high expectations, but I didn’t think it would be like this. It’s impossible to work,” the official says, according to the Ynet news site. “Will we go to elections Monday? This will be terrible but to continue in the current situation seems to me even more terrible.”

The comments come shortly after Netanyahu made a quick stop at Jerusalem’s Mahane Yehuda market, a popular campaign spot, in a further sign new elections are a growing possibility.