Broken Knesset
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The so-called Broken Knesset, also known as the Do-Nothing Knesset or the Failed Spring Coalition Government, was an uneasy center-left coalition majority in the 51st session of the Royal Knesset of Yisrael. The signs of friction were evident even on Election Night of the 2024 general election, as the Joint Opposition nominee for presidency Gershon Kominsky fell narrowly short of defeating incumbent President Yitzchok Katz. As Katz secured re-election, District and MK seat results showed widespread losses among swing seats by the incumbent Right Bloc majority of the Conservatives, Torah Achdus, and Christian Voice. Later, the Alternative for Yisrael-led United Center Bloc and the National Liberal Party-led Left Bloc clashed over who to nominate as the Knesset Majority Leader. Furthermore, the legislative hiccups and delays through the committee system earned the governing Spring Coalition charges of being "ineffectual" and "broken" by all sides of the political system. Lastly, the sudden and chaotic Saddi-written Yarden Accords negotiation bill was decisively defeated on the Knesset floor, leading to the May 6 Knesset riot.
