JERUSALEM
Two Israeli opposition parties on Monday submitted a draft law to dissolve the current government coalition led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"Netanyahu's government is no longer functioning, and its members have been engaged in conflicts instead of managing the affairs of state," leader of Israel's left-wing Labor Party Isaac Herzog said on Monday.
"This government is floundering and dragging us backwards and this needs to be stopped," he added.
One the same hand, Zahava Gal-On, leader of the leftist Meretz Party, said that the government failed to defend democracy and human rights.
"The Israeli community suffers economic gaps, and there has not been any progress towards peace process," she said, "it is better to dissolve the Knesset [parliament]," she added.
On Monday, an unnamed PM adviser told the Israeli army radio that Netanyahu will decide whether he can work with the current government coalition or not within the coming days.
Netanyahu has been attempting to overcome obstacles faced by the Israeli government amid differences that threatens the stability of the government coalition, most notably the Jewish State law which is opposed by some cabinet ministers.
Netanyahu met with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman of the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu on Sunday to "make one last attempt to see whether arrangements could be achieved that would allow the continuation of the government," said Israeli news website Ynet.
The PM is expected to meet with Naftali Bennett, the economy minister of the right-wing Jewish Home party, Justice Minister Tzipi Livni of the centrist Hatnuah party as well as Yair Lapid, the Israeli minister of finance and chairman of the Yesh Atid Party.
The Israeli government is made up of 22 ministers: two from Hatnuah, five from Yesh Atid, 12 from Netanyahu's Likud party and three from Yisrael Beiteinu.
The most recent problem facing the stability of the coalition was the Jewish State law which is backed by Netanyahu and opposed by Lapid and Livni.
Other points of disagreement include items with the state budget as well as Lapid's refusal to impose taxes on apartments for young couples.
Israeli law allows the PM to dismiss members of his cabinet if they cause the government to grind to a halt.
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