CNN: Israel set for early elections as coalition decides to dissolve Knesset
(CNN)The leaders of Israel's coalition government decided on Monday to dissolve the Knesset and hold early elections in April, nearly eight months earlier than required by law.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's right-wing coalition a razor-thin majority, and has been struggling to pass a new bill that would extend the military draft to ultra-Orthodox Jewish students.
At a press conference at the Knesset on Monday, Netanyahu confirmed "the heads of the coalition parties decided, in agreement and unanimously, to disperse the Knesset and call for new elections at the beginning of April."
The speaker of the Knesset, Yuli-Yoel Edelstein, announced the elections would be held on April 9.
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