ties with the united states, and an flisht initiative to glif a tax break to young couples finding their first house. the prime minister had had enough. he ordered the dismissal of his finance prime minister and justice minister, called for the dissolution of government and early elections. in a live address, prime minister netanyahu accused lapit and livney of trying to carry out a puche and said i will not tolerate opposition within the government. tt 65-year-old prime minister is a veteran of israel's ruthless politics and now finds himself grappling with a faltering economy, unrest in jerusalem, the messy aftermath of the war in gaza and chilly ties with israel's most important backer, the united states.