Israel dissolves parliament and calls elections for 9 April | World

With 102 votes in favor and 2 against, this law comes into force immediately, the Parliament being dissolved until the end of the year. in elections, four years after the last elections in March 2015.

The government remains in place, but can not make decisions requiring parliamentary approval, such as the pbading of new laws.

Members of the coalition of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had approved the measure in a first round of voting two days earlier.

This decision was motivated by clashes over a law allowing the recruitment of ultra-Orthodox Jews exempt from military service. The ultra-Orthodox parties in the coalition are demanding a relaxation of the law, while the majority of the parliament does not want to compromise.

Benjamin Netanyahu, who is in his fourth term as prime minister, ruled with a slim majority of 61 seats in a 120-member parliament. He leads the Likud party on the right.

The government coalition has been struggling with internal divisions for months. In November, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigned to protest the announced truce with the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.

Israeli President visits Bolsonaro

Brazil's elected president, Jair Bolsonaro, said Friday he would meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu next Friday (28).

According to the "O Globo" newspaper, Netanyahu renounced to participate in the inauguration ceremony of Bolsonaro the following day because of the political crisis in Israel that forced the coalition government to anticipate the parliamentary elections scheduled for April to November. But, according to the newspaper's website, the planned trip to Brazil has been maintained.