By Dov Lieber
TEL AVIV--Israeli lawmakers voted early Thursday to dissolve parliament, marking the end of the first Israeli coalition government to include an independent Arab party and setting the stage for the country's fifth general election in less than four years.
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, a centrist, is expected to become the country's caretaker prime minister at midnight under a coalition agreement. He will remain so until a new government is formed after voters go to the polls on Nov. 1.
Mr. Lapid and outgoing Prime Minister Naftali Bennett joined forces to unseat longtime premier, Benjamin Netanyahu, last year. The eight-party coalition led by Mr. Bennett, which lasted a bit more than a year, included politicians from the center, right and left and an Arab Islamist party who came together to oust Mr. Netanyahu, who had run the country since 2009.
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(END) Dow Jones Newswires
06-30-22 0420ET
