Report: Opposition leaders to meet for final decision on whether to submit bill to dissolve Knesset

Leaders of opposition parties are set to meet this morning to make a final decision on whether to submit the bill to dissolve the Knesset, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

By law, if the vote fails, parties would have to wait six months before bringing another Knesset dissolution bill to the floor.

According to Kan, Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman is determined that the bill be brought for a vote, even without the support of Shas, which is working hard behind the scenes to postpone the vote and prevent the fall of the government.

The meeting comes as it remains unclear which, if either, of the Haredi parties will ultimately vote for the legislation.

With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hardline coalition currently holding 68 out of the 120 parliamentary seats, both Shas and United Torah Judaism would need to back the measure.

The two parties have publicly said that they will vote for the measure in its preliminary reading due to the coalition’s failure to pass legislation exempting yeshiva students from military service.