Someone’s got to be in charge.
The Knesset gets dissolved for a new election. But the Prime Minister is not a member of Knesset. In fact, many cabinet ministers are not members of Knesset (they resign their Knesset seat when they become a cabinet member, giving their party the chance to add someone else from the party into the government).
But the Prime Minister can’t get legislation through during these limbo periods, because the Knesset is not in session.
Similarly, the military, the army, government employees, etc. are not directly affected.
The army is part of the military; that was a mental hiccup. D’oh!
Thanks for the explanation!