Not even two months after Israel's long-awaited election, the Knesset voted to dissolve itself because of a dispute between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former ally Avigdor Lieberman.

That means that Israelis are going to vote in their second parliamentary election of the year, scheduled for 17 September.  And the clear winner of the 9 April election - Mr. Netanyahu - is not happy about Avi's lack of support.

"He has dragged the country to unnecessary elections due to his own political ego," said Netanyahu.  "The public chose me to lead the state of Israel. We will run a sharp and clear election campaign and we will win."

In exchange for supporting Netanyahu, Lieberman - a former defense minister - wanted to end the exemption for ultra-orthodox Jews in national service, long a sore spot among secular and liberal Jews.  Netanyahu wouldn't do it, lest he lose support of the ultra-orthodox parties in his coalition. 

But without Avi, Bibi didn't have enough seats to form a government.  Dissolving parliament was Netanyahu's decision; if he hadn't, President Reuven Rivlin would have asked another politician to form a government which would have ended Bibi's decade long run on holding the reigns of power.