Shas chairman and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri referred to the dispersion of the Knesset and said at the start of the faction meeting that "I feel obligated as head of the second largest movement, as someone who was deeply involved in the negotiations, to explain to the citizens what happened.
"Netanyahu poured out his heart to me after the elections, he was very hurt and told me he could not form a government because he knows Liberman is determined not to let him establish it," Deri said. The first time I felt extorted. "