Israel will call for its fifth national election since 2019 as a result of Naftali Bennett's coalition government's unexpected termination. Israel will have elections in either October or November 2022 under the caretaker leadership of Yair Lapid, the foreign minister of Israel. Mr. Bennett had intended to visit India in April to commemorate 30 years of diplomatic ties between the two nations. Due to the uptick in Israeli terror incidents and the problem of a faltering government, his visit was abruptly canceled. Naftali Bennett and his right-wing supporters were regularly singled out by opposition leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu in the context of a fast shifting domestic political landscape for their partnership with an Arab party and their issuance of work permits to Gaza-based Palestinians. Idit Silam, the coalition whip, resigned from the cabinet in April, claiming that it had not been sufficiently Jewish or devoted to the interests of right-wing voters. The acce...
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