The bill to dissolve the Knesset passed its preliminary reading today, Wednesday, May 20, by a majority of 110 Knesset members with no objectors. The bill does not state the date on which the Knesset will be dissolved. It should be noted that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not attend the vote. He wishes to hold elections on their originally scheduled date at the end of October and can continue negotiations with the Haredi parties to delay the dissolution of the Knesset until the final approval of the proposal in its second and third readings.

MK Ayman Odeh calls for the overthrow of the far-right government during the Hadash faction’s meeting held at the Knesset last Monday, May 18, 2026 (Photo: Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Earlier, a similar bill to dissolve the Knesset, introduced by the Hadash faction, was debated but failed, with 52 opposition lawmakers voting in favor and 61 against. “The worst government ever, responsible for bloodshed on a horrific scale, is coming to an end,” MK Ayman Odeh stated in the Knesset plenum while presenting his faction’s bill. “We are at a historic crossroads,” he emphasized