The Israeli Knesset dissolved itself late Monday night, ahead of elections on January 22, 2013.

The Israeli Knesset dissolved itself late Monday night, ahead of elections on January 22, 2013.

The final reading of the bill to dissolve the Knesset passed with 100 in favor and none opposed, over five months after it passed a nearly identical bill in its first reading before opposition leader Shaul Mofaz (Likud) joined the coalition at 2 a.m.

Although the final vote on the bill had not taken place by late Monday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reassured the public at a faction meeting: “This time it’s final. We are going to elections.”

The Knesset approved the final reading for legislation dissolving itself in the early hours of Tuesday morning.