Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks in during a session at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2018. As snap elections were called in Israel, Netanyahu emerged as the overwhelming early front-runner with rivals and commentators alike pinning their primary hopes of unseating him on a potential corruption indictment. (Sebastian Scheiner/Associated Press)JERUSALEM — The Israeli Knesset has voted to dissolve the current parliament and scheduled new elections for April 9. In what was largely a formality, the Knesset voted late Wednesday in favor of dissolving by a 102-2 margin. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he was disbanding his coalition and taking the nation to new elections six months ahead of schedule.

Source: Washington Post December 26, 2018 19:07 UTC