2018–2022 Israeli political crisis

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The 2018–2022 Israeli political crisis was a period of political instability in Israel, in which five Knesset elections were held in a span of over three years: in April 2019, September 2019, March 2020, March 2021 and November 2022. In the early phases of the crisis, the popular phrasing of the core division within the parties and the public was "only Bibi" (Hebrew: רק ביבי, romanized: Rak Bibi) or "anyone but Bibi" (Hebrew: רק לא ביבי, romanized: Rak Lo Bibi). This stalemate was created due to the refusal of the liberal wing of the parliament to form a coalition with Netanyahu, while the Likud party – the prominent party of the conservative wing – refused to remove Netanyahu from the party's leadership. The rest of the conservative-wing parties refused to form a coalition without Netanyahu and the Likud. None of the wings were able to form a coalition by themselves, due to the tie-breaking parliament seats held by the Arab parties. Some parliament members from Jewish parties (both wings...

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