Pressure mounts on Netanyahu as opposition moves to dissolve parliament – Middle East Monitor

A member of Israel’s right-wing coalition threatened to quit the cabinet yesterday and support an opposition motion to dissolve parliament tabled for next week, piling pressure on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Reuters reported.

The latest opinion polls suggest that Netanyahu’s coalition would lose power if an election was held today, with many voters unhappy with the continued war in Gaza.

United Torah Judaism, one of two ultra-Orthodox parties in the coalition, said it would…