Griffin added more details to her initial post, writing, “A senior US official tells me that it was a US military strike on Iran’s Qeshm port and Bandar Abbas moments ago but added this is NOT a restarting of the war or end to the ceasefire.”

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    I know Bibi is running the country lika a dictator, but has he really cancelled any elections? As far as I can tell, since 2000 there have been Knesset elections 2003, 2006, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2019, 2019 (again), 2020, 2021 and 2022 with the next one expected in October this year.

    Doesn’t sound like there have been any cancellations, considering the members serve four-year terms, however, there have been plenty of early elections.

    Can you clarify what you meant by him having cancelled Israeli elections?

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      They don’t have regular elections, they can happen as often as every year.

      Bibi has cancelled due to “war” since 2022, and while there is an election scheduled this year, that has been true for every year since 2022 as well.

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      And the reason they happened twice in 19, then three years in a row is because a lot of Israel blames Bibi for all of this…

      Very very slim wins for his parties and his alliance keeps fracturing. If he wasn’t canceling elections,the wouldn’t be in charge.

      And as soon as he’s not in charge, his corruption trial starts and he’s clearly guilty. Like there’s a shit ton of evidence, he will be found guilty.

      It’s a lot more fucked up than people think, there’s a lot of propaganda from all sides that want to make it seem like Bibi has the support of every Israeli, when it’s more like America and trump.

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        Right, so if I understand correctly the Knesset has voted to have an early election several times since 2022, but Bibi has vetoed those decisions to stay in power?

        Still, I’d be more hopeful this year since the four years are up and I’d assume it’s not as easy to cancel a mandatory election than an early election. At least I hope so.