With time running out for the presentation of a government, Binyamin Netanyahu on Tuesday expressed his frustration with what Likud/Yisrael Beiteinu sources called the “inflexibility” of Yesh Atid's Yair Lapid.

According to the sources, the Likud has made major concessions to Lapid's demands, such as agreeing to a government of only 20 ministers. But when Netanyahu asked Lapid to compromise, the latter refused – and as a result, the sources said, Netanyahu may seek alternative partners, such as the hareidi parties.