Almost no negotiations took place during the day, with last-ditch efforts to form a government abandoned earlier in the week, but MKs took the time to blame one another for the situation. Israel's political crisis reaches all time low as parliament dissolves itself and sends voters to polling stations for unprecedented third time in 12-month period.
The Knesset approved a motion on Thursday setting an unprecedented third national vote in a year to be held on March 2, 2020, as parliament dissolves itself after both premiership hopefuls Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his main rival Blue and White leader Benny Gantz fail to break Israel's political impasse and form a coalition government.