Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu seeks early general election
December 3, 2014
TEL AVIV: Israel’s prime minister has sacked his finance and justice ministers and declared he wants parliament dissolved, triggering an early general election. Benjamin Netanyahu said Yair Lapid and Tzipi Livni had “harshly attacked” both himself and the coalition government. Mr Netanyahu explained that he wanted an election two years early to win “a clear mandate to lead Israel”.
Speaking at a news conference on Tuesday, Mr Netanyahu said it was “impossible” to lead the government with the current coalition, describing Ms Livni and Mr Lapid’s activities as a “putsch”. “I will not tolerate an opposition within the government anymore,” he said.