00:00I will announce the results of the vote. 110 members of Knesset in favor, none against and no abstentions.
00:07I hereby declare that the bill for the dissolution of the 25th Knesset, 2026, by member of Knesset, Oferkats, and
00:14a group of members of Knesset, has been passed and will be forwarded to the House committee.
00:24What if the man who has dominated Israeli politics is finally running out of road?
00:30Israel's parliament just voted on dissolving itself. And if that sounds dramatic, that's because it is.
00:37Today, we break down what's actually happening, why it matters, and whether Bibi Netanyahu's political career is finally on its
00:45last legs. Here's the setup.
00:47I will announce the results of the vote. 110 members of Knesset in favor, none against and no abstentions.
00:55I hereby declare that the bill for the dissolution of the 25th Knesset, 2026, by member of Knesset, Oferkats, and
01:02a group of members of Knesset, has been passed and will be forwarded to the House committee.
01:08Israel already has elections scheduled for late October. So why are we talking about early elections? Because Netanyahu's coalition is
01:18cracking from the inside.
01:19His ultra-Orthodox allies, parties he's depended on for years, are furious. The issue? Military conscription. These parties want Haredi
01:30Jews, ultra-Orthodox men, exempted from mandatory military service.
01:35Netanyahu. Netanyahu reportedly admitted he doesn't have the votes to make that happen. So now, his own partners are threatening
01:43to bring the whole government down.
01:45On Wednesday, the Knesset held a preliminary vote on legislation to dissolve itself and trigger snap elections, possibly as early
01:54as September.
01:55Now, important caveat, this is just round one. The bill still needs committee review, then three more full parliamentary votes.
02:03It needs 61 out of 120 seats to pass at every stage. But here's what makes it significant. The fact
02:10that it's even happening signals that Netanyahu no longer has firm control of his own coalition.
02:17That's a big deal. And the polls? They are not kind to Bibi. Surveys consistently show Netanyahu's bloc struggling to
02:26hold a parliamentary majority.
02:28If elections happen, whether in September or October, he could lose. And the challengers are lining up.
02:35Former PM Naftali Bennett, once a Netanyahu ally turned rival, is already repositioning himself.
02:42Opposition leader Yair Lapid, former military chief Gadi Eisenkot, the field is forming.
02:49Meanwhile, Netanyahu is juggling all of this while managing an ongoing war in Gaza, military operations in Lebanon, and sitting
02:58through his own corruption trial.
03:00This isn't entirely new for Israel. The country held five elections in under four years before Netanyahu returned to power
03:08in late 2022.
03:09Israeli coalition politics is notoriously fragile. But this moment feels different.
03:16The ultra-orthodox defection isn't just a political spat. It strikes at the very foundation of how Netanyahu has maintained
03:24power for so long.
03:26So, is Netanyahu finished? Not yet. He's negotiating, maneuvering, and doing what he does best, surviving.
03:34But the walls are closing in from every direction, politically, legally, and now from within his own coalition.
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