Bill to Dissolve New Knesset Filed Before Swearing-In

On the first day of the 26th Knesset, even before the swearing-in ceremonies and government formation were completed, Deputy Knesset Speaker Limor Son Har Melech (Otzma Yehudit) submitted a bill to dissolve the newly formed Knesset and call for new elections. The explanatory notes for the bill stated that the move is necessitated by serious suspicions of harm to the integrity of the elections, including fraud, voter deception, foreign funding, and illegal interference attempts by foreign and enemy states in the democratic decision. The proposal is based, among other things, on various investigations and warnings presented by the head of the Shin Bet in recent weeks. Alongside claims of harm to election integrity and foreign interference, Son Har Melech pointed to the violation of explicit election promises by various parties, which she claims misled their voters and acted in complete contradiction to their commitments. She emphasized in her statement that sovereignty belongs to the people of Israel and that a Knesset established under serious suspicions of corruption and involvement of hostile elements should not be accepted.