ItpresentsyetanotherchallengeforPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahu, who's facingpublicangeroverhishandlingofthepandemicwhileheisalsoengagedin a corruptiontrialbutdeniesanycriminalwrongdoing.
Netanyahuandthedefenseminister, BennyGantz, established a unitygovernmentinMayafterthreeinconclusiveelectionsheldsinceApril 2019, buttheyhavebeenlockedin a disputeoverpassageof a nationalbudgetkeytoimplementing a dealinwhichGantzwantstohavetakenoverfromNetanyahuinNovember 2021.