Gallant blames Blue and White for expected cancellation of cabinet meeting

Education Minister Yoav Gallant of Likud in an interview with Channel 13 blames Benny Gantz’s Blue and White party for the expected cancellation of Sunday’s Cabinet meeting.

Gallant says that “Blue and White is not setting an agenda for the cabinet meeting because it does not want a budget.”

“I think elections right now for Israel are not a good thing. So I see the opposition from Blue and White and I’m very concerned. Blue and White is not allowing us to come [to] the cabinet meeting as a result of them not wanting a budget,” Gallant says.

Gallant does not say there definitely will not be a cabinet meeting on Sunday, but says, “There’s no agenda. I look at this and say, ‘in another three weeks, or less, we’ll be in elections if nothing happens.’”

“I’m calling for Benny Gantz to come tomorrow, pass a budget, so we can move forward,” Gallant says.

Earlier reports said the meeting was expected to be canceled, which would mark a dire setback for the governing coalition.

The development comes amid rampant speculation over a new round of elections, sparked by the escalating crisis over the state budget.