JERUSALEM, May 1 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert will hold a series of meetings with his coalition partners in an effort to stabilize the government following harsh criticism by a Lebanon war report, local daily Ha'aretz reported on Tuesday.

    Olmert will meet Shas Chairman Eli Yishai, Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman and Pensioners' Party Chairman Rafi Eitan on Tuesday afternoon to garner their supports to preserve the government's stability, the report said.

    The move comes one day after a penal led by retired judge Eliyahu Winograd formally presented an interim report on the Second Lebanon War which blamed Israeli top leaders for "severe failures."

    The scathing Winograd Committee interim report said that Olmert, Defense Minister Amir Peretz and former Israel Defense Forces (IDF)Chief of Staff Dan Halutz all failed in their roles during last summer's Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

    Earlier on Tuesday, Labor Minister without Portfolio Eitan Cabel announced his resignation from cabinet at a news conference and called on Olmert to do the same, according to Ha'aretz.

    "The public has lost faith in Prime Minister Ehud Olmert," Cabel said, adding that "I cannot continue to serve as a minister in a government headed by Olmert."

    Officials in prime minister's office expressed their concerns that the resignation will signal Labor Party's intention to bolt the coalition following its primary elections on May 28, or even earlier.

    On Monday, Labor chairmanship candidate Ami Ayalon called on Olmert to resign due to the Winograd report. An aide to Ayalon was quoted by local media as saying that, if elected Labor chairman in the primary elections, Ayalon would demand that the party's ministers resign from cabinet.

    In a televised address from his office on Monday, Olmert admitted that decision-makers failed in their roles during the war but he refused to resign.

    "It would be wrong to resign. It was this government that made the decisions and this government will engage in corrections," Olmert said.

    The 34-day conflict between Israel and Hezbollah erupted on July 12, 2006 when Hezbollah guerrillas kidnapped two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border attack. Some 158 Israelis and 1200 Lebanese were killed during the confrontation.