Israel’s parliament dissolves, triggering fifth election in four years

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, right, and foreign minister Yair Lapid smile ahead of the vote on a bill to dissolve parliament, at the Knesset (AP)

Israel’s parliament has voted to dissolve itself and send the country to the polls in November for the fifth time in less than four years.

Yair Lapid, Israel’s foreign minister and architect of the outgoing coalition government, will become the country’s caretaker prime minister just after midnight on Friday.