Avigdor Lieberman, leader of Yisrael Beiteinu party, attends a press conference in Tel Aviv, Israel, May 30, 2019. The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, approved Wednesday night a law for its dissolution, less than two months after the general elections took place on April 9. The next elections are now expected to be held on Sept. 17, 2019. The bill was passed with 74 votes in favor and 45 against after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a new government in the 42 days given to him until Wednesday midnight. The Likud party, headed by Netanyahu, and other right-wing parties won a majority of 65 seats out of 120 in the Knesset, but one of them, Yisrael Beiteinu with five seats, headed by Avigdor Lieberman, refused to join the coalition. (Xinhua/JINI/Gideon Markowicz)
