A headline in Israel Hayom on Sunday morning and a report on Channel 10 the night before raised expectations.

They  predicted upcoming drama in Sunday’s weekly meeting of Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu with the heads of the parties in his coalition; they  reported that Netanyahu would reveal if and when he wanted early  elections to take place.

Perhaps by Sunday morning, everyone in the world would know  whether Israel’s next Knesset election would take place in January 2019 –  the earliest it could be – or November 2019, the latest.

Those  hopes ended with two sentences, when Netanyahu met with Likud ministers  before the heads of the parties in his coalition even arrived at the  Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem for the weekly cabinet meeting.

“I  hear there are those who want to know if there are elections, and if  so, when,” Netanyahu told his Likud colleagues. “The answer is that  there is no decision.”

Read the full article at the Jerusalem Post here