Israel Heads to 3rd Election in Year as Impasse Defies Solution

(Bloomberg) -- Israel is headed to its third election in less than a year, an astonishing if foretold development that’s closely intertwined with Benjamin Netanyahu’s legal troubles and may not resolve the political crisis.The country’s fractured parliament had until midnight Wednesday to find a lawmaker who could form a governing coalition after both Netanyahu and his chief rival, former military chief Benny Gantz, failed to do so during months of political horsetrading. The d