Israeli Parliament Approves Self-Dissolution, Sets Snap Election For April 9

Israeli Parliament Approves Self-Dissolution, Sets Snap Election for April 9

Knesset, the Israel unicameral parliament, passed on Wednesday a bill on self-dissolution and set a snap general election for April 9, 2019.

TEL AVIV (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 26th December, 2018) Knesset, the Israel unicameral parliament, passed on Wednesday a bill on self-dissolution and set a snap general election for April 9, 2019.

After the vote, the Knesset lawmakers are expected to go on "pre-election holidays," while the government will continue to work until a new one is formed following the April 9 election.

Current polls predict a victory for the right-wing camp and its leader Benjamin Netanyahu.