“It is preferable to hold a short election campaign for four months that would enable us to quickly restore stability of our political system,” Netanyahu told a convention of his Likud faction in Tel Aviv on Sunday.
“Political instability always leads to blackmail and populism; I will not allow that to happen,” he added.
Netanyahu’s remarks come as calls for early elections have been reinforced in recent weeks.
The Israeli parties of Likud, Labor and Shas have supported holding the vote in September, but the left-wing Kadima Party and the United Torah Judaism have expressed discontent with the move.
The general parliamentary elections are normally slated for October 2013.
The Israeli parliament and the premier, however, have the power to move the elections up.
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