Likud and Blue & White, the largest parties in the Knesset, have agreed elections for the 23rd Knesset on Monday, March 2, 2020. Elections are usually held on Tuesdays but were brought forward by a day because Tuesday March 3 is (7th of Adar) the day for mourning IDF soldiers whose burial place is unknown. If no MK is able to find a majority of 61 supporters to form a government by Wednesday at midnight then the Knesset will be automatically dissolved and elections must be held within 90 days (before March 10, which is Purim). RELATED ARTICLES Netanyahu calls for direct election for prime minister Because March 2 is not a Tuesday, the Basic Law requiring elections to be held on Tuesdays will have to be amended by a simple majority of 61 MKs. Meanwhile Blue & White's Yair Lapid has announced that for the upcoming elections he will forgo the right to rotate leadership with Benny Gantz. Published by Globes, Israel business news - en.globes.co.il - on December 9, 2019 © Copyright of Globes Publisher Itonut (1983) Ltd. 2019
