The Knesset plenum on Wednesday approved the bill to dissolve the 25th Knesset in a preliminary reading by a vote of 110-0, leading to possible early elections.

The bill will now be sent to Knesset committees before returning to the plenum for subsequent readings. An election date will be set only after the bill passes in its third reading.

A separate dissolution bill submitted by the Blue and White party and supported by the Chareidi parties also passed its preliminary reading. The Chareidi parties supported the bill in order to join a process that is not under the control of the coalition.

At the same time, the coalition is making a last-minute attempt to pass a draft law, despite the opposition of the Chareidi parties. Earlier on Wednesday, the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee held the first of the final three discussions required for committee approval of the bill.

(YWN Israel Desk—Jerusalem)