nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20200320-003021-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 200319s2020||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20200320-003021-0 doi eng 342 23 An Open Letter to the Speaker and the Legal Advisor of the Knesset Verfassungsblog 2020-03-19 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Following the March 2 election, Prime Minister Netanyahu has the support of 58 Knesset-Members. In contrast, 61 Knesset-Members have come out in support of Benny Gantz. In light of this majority, earlier this week Gantz was tasked by Israel’s President the mandate to try and form a government. Against this backdrop, on Wednesday, Parliament Speaker Yuli Edelstein unexpectedly suspended the recently elected Knesset. funded by the government CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Benjamin Netanyahu Coronavirus democracy parliament Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/an-open-letter-to-the-speaker-and-the-legal-advisor-of-the-knesset/ raw object