UPDATE - Israel’s snap elections to be held Sept. 17
Knesset dissolves after Netanyahu fails to form coalition government
ADDS REMARKS FROM ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER IN GRAFS 6-8
By Mustafa Deveci
JERUSALEM (AA) - Israel’s parliament decided to hold early elections Sept. 17 after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a coalition government Wednesday.
Under Israeli law, Netanyahu, who leads the Likud Party, had until midnight Wednesday local time to form a coalition.
Lawmakers approved the dissolution of the 21st Knesset in a 74-45 vote.
The polls will be the second national elections in 2019.
Netanyahu won a record fifth term in April when his party clinched 36 Knesset seats.
He accused Yisrael Beiteinu right-wing nationalist party leader and former defense minister Avigdor Lieberman with misleading voters and dragging the nation into a snap elections.
"He was the cause of the previous one [early elections] too, just because he wants a few more votes, which he won’t get," Netanyahu told reporters.
He said Lieberman is "a man of the left wing" and "brings down the right-wing governments."
* Writing by Beyza Donmez
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