“The age of the boycott by Arab Knesset members is over," Ronen Tzur, senior adviser to Defense Minister Benny Gantz, tweeted Dec. 21. "The next government will include them regardless of whether it is formed by the right or the left. This historic achievement can be attributed to one man: [Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu.”
The Knesset's failure to pass a budget or proposed legislation to extend the budget debates beyond their deadline meant that the Israeli parliament was dissolved and that new elections were called.