Israel’s longest serving prime minister faces the difficult task of overcoming opposition both domestically and abroad.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could see himself booted from power as the Knesset faces the first vote to dissolve parliament on Wednesday amid frustrations over the protracted war in Gaza.

The trial is scheduled to continue next week.Meanwhile, members of the coalition scrambled to convince the haredi (ultra-Orthodox) parties not to support dissolving the Knesset.The haredi parties are threatening to carry through with their threat over the coalition’s inability to agree on fundamentals for a draft law.

Netanyahu has promised his politically powerful ultra-Orthodox governing partners that he would find a way out of the quagmire that would protect their interests. But with a few holdouts in his Likud party urging a more just approach, the ultra-Orthodox parties have grown increasingly impatient with the lack of a resolution.

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Netanyahu testified that his friendships with billionaires Milchan and Packer were personal, denying any political favors despite evidence of gifts and contact.