The Yisrael Beiteinu party issued a harsh statement against Minister Zeev Elkin, who claimed that a deal between Shas and the Yisrael Beiteinu led Shas to support Moshe Leon as a candidate for mayor of Jerusalem.
"Yisrael Beiteinu is focusing on the Jerusalem elections in promoting its list of young people, Jerusalem Beiteinu, which is running for the first time in the city council, Elkin, the minister of opportunistic affairs only cares about personal issues."
"The very fact that Minister Elkin, who was never interested in municipal matters and who is not a resident of Jerusalem but a resident of Kfar Eldad, decided at the last minute to run for mayor, with one advice and with the full support of current Mayor Nir Barkat, Together with Barkat,Elkin is a pawn of the Likud movement. "