Weekly cabinet meeting likely to be canceled amid coalition crisis, report says

The government’s weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday is expected to be canceled, the Kan public broadcaster reports.

Government ministers have yet to receive an official announcement on the move, which is reportedly due to a conflict between Likud and Blue and White over the meeting’s agenda.

The Kan report does not cite its source, but a statement to the broadcaster from a senior Likud official appears to confirm the cancellation.

“Blue and White vetoed the agenda and brought the cancellation of the cabinet meeting,” the Likud source says.

“Every moment, Likud is asking to violate another clause in the coalition agreement. They want elections,” a Blue and White official tells the network.

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

A cancellation would be a dire setback for the coalition.

Hebrew media reported Friday that not a single item was put on the government’s agenda for the meeting, noting that not since the current unity government was formed — and probably not for years — was there a case where no item had been put on the agenda so late in the week.

A new election would be the fourth national vote in under two years.