Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor Liberman
Binyamin Netanyahu and Avigdor LibermanYonatan Sindel/Flash 90

Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu did not meet Wednesday's deadline to put together a governing majority, so the country's parliament voted to set new elections for September 17.

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