Israel i lawmakers voted early Thursday to dissolve the Parliament barely a month after it was sworn in, plunging Israel into unprecedented political chaos and raising questions about what comes next.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has led Israel for the past decade and had seemed well placed to stay in charge after the April 9 election, failed to meet the deadline to form a governing coalition by midnight Wednesday, when a dispute between potential partners left him one seat short of a parliamentary majority.

He remains in office for now. But just seven weeks after one nationwide vote, Israel is preparing for a second election. This is the first time a new Parliament in the country has voted to dissolve itself before a government has even formed.