Former Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, a leader of the Blue and White Party, responded to the attorney general's decision to indict the prime minister subject to a hearing.
"On this day it is clear that the time has come for Netanyahu to step down. If the good of the state is still in his mind, he must do what he recommended to Olmert - to resign and fight for his innocence. In contrast to the Likud party, we will not invite Netanyahu to be a minister in the government we will establish, not under such severe indictments, "Ya'alon said.