Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition announced Monday plans to dissolve the country’s parliament and hold a snap general election in April, after his government was significantly weakened more than a month ago when a key coalition partner resigned.
Fresh tensions have broken out in ties between Moscow and Jerusalem, already entangled in a row over the downing of a Russian aircraft in Syria, this time over the Palestine issue and the Russian-Ukraine conflict.
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