JERUSALEM - Israel's parliament on Wednesday approved a preliminary vote to dissolve itself, putting the country on the verge of an unprecedented third election in a 12-month period while giving scandal-plagued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a welcome break as he fights to save his political career.
Two more readings were scheduled later Wednesday. Lawmakers had faced a midnight deadline that would have automatically dissolved parliament and set elections later in March. For the third time in the past year, the country now appears to be heading to what is sure to be a nasty three-month political campaign that according to recent opinion polls is expected to deliver very similar results.
Netanyahu and Blue and White's leader, former military commander Benny Gantz, both failed during officially mandated periods to cobble together a governing coalition.
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