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Analysis: Jordan's stability is often taken for granted. The Prince Hamzah affair showed that the kingdom’s politics are more fractious than appearances suggest.
Israeli lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a last-ditch effort to salvage the fractured ruling coalition, setting the groundworks for the fourth election in less than two years.
The Israeli parliament passed a bill to form a new government, as coronavirus sweeps across the region.
The Knesset will convene to vote on the new government at 4 p.m. (1300 GMT). It is expected to win a narrow majority of at least 61 votes in the 120-member assembly, after which it will be sworn in.
Israel's military has beefed up its presence in the Jordan Valley as Donald Trump releases his controversial 'peace plan' for the region.
Israeli Knesset speaker Yariv Levin told the Israel parliament on Monday that he had been informed that opposition leader Yair Lapid has managed to form a governing coalition.
![Yair Lapid [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/99ACB02B-32EA-4317-84AA-BAAFEFFA6CFC.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=-eOnluWo "Yair Lapid [Getty]")
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has met with party leaders to determine if any lawmaker can form a government, despite voicing doubt about whether it is even possible.
![Lapid [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/43619B90-6E24-41EF-B7B9-A50BD88D23C4.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=gzl18_l9 "Lapid [Getty]")
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin said he believed Yair Lapid, a centrist former television anchor, 'could form a government that has the confidence of the Knesset'.
![Israel President [Getty]](/sites/default/files/styles/large_16_9/public/media/images/B68037C7-70E8-4D4A-96CD-DC3A7D08BB92.jpg?h=d1cb525d&itok=uX4lX4wz "Israel President [Getty]")
President Reuven Rivlin is set to pick a prime minister who can form a government, after another inconclusive Israeli election.
Israeli police are continuing to crack down on growing anti-Netanyahu demonstrations, violently dismantling a protest encampment the day after clashing with participants in a 10,000-strong rally in Jerusalem