Rabbi Meir Mazouz, a rabbi with great influence in Shas, admonished the party for not bolting the government, in an article for "Eretz Yisrael Shelanu."

"Shas is making a grave mistake," he wrote. "In every passing moment issues are being concluded and it will be very difficult to undo the damage. There is a famous saying, that one fool can ruin what a thousand wise men cannot fix."