Chairwoman Tamar Zandberg of the Meretz Party and Member of Knesset Amir Peretz (Labor) have criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's media declaration by using a variation on his claim of innocence from corruption charges, "There will be nothing [no charges -ed.] because there was nothing [no crime]."
Saying "There is nothing because there was nothing," about the billing of the speech as "dramatic", Zandberg added, "The only dramatic thing here was a prime minister who continues to serve under the recommendation of [prosecution in] three bribery cases. Until Netanyahu resigns, this is election propaganda that is inappropriate for the broadcast." Peretz said, "We did not see drama. We saw a cynical message that exploits the media."