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RAMALLAH/GAZA, June 1-- Palestinian analysts believe that Israeli decision of holding new general elections after failing to form a coalition government, puts again the relationship between the armed Palestinian factions and Israel at stake. Over the past weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu failed to form a new coalition government despite the intensive attempts he made before the expiry of the legal ultimatum he was given, which ended on Wednesday. On Thursday, Israeli Knesset members voted in favor of dissolving the Israeli parliament and holding new elections on September 17. It is the first time Israel holds the second election in the same year. The current internal Israeli political tension makes Netanyahu's political future uncertain, along with other outside thorny issues on his political table, mainly the endless violence on the border with the Gaza Strip. The Palestinian analysts, who spoke to Xinhua, in separate statements, agreed that the interests of Israel prime minister are to keep the situation calm on the southern front with the Gaza Strip in order not to lose in the upcoming elections. They believe that failing to keep calm on the southern front with the Gaza Strip, mainly stopping the weekly rallies, better known as the Great March of Return, on the border with Israel, has largely contributed to Netanyahu's failure to form a coalition government. Husam al-Dajjanni, a Gaza-based political analyst, said that "the situation in the Gaza Strip won't change within the coming period of time," adding "Netanyahu's interest is to keep the situation in order to win more time and avoid getting engaged into a confrontation with Gaza militants and losing the elections." | 
