Member of Knesset Ofer Shelah (Blue and White) has responded to Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu's return of the mandate to assemble a government to President Reuven Rivlin by saying, "Bibi wants elections, it's obvious."

Shelah added, "Now anyone who cares has 28 days to come with us to a government that will repair his damage. What did Bibi do with the mandate to assemble the government? Four weeks of nothing. He spent the time to be prime minister a little longer, spreading fabricated stories about security and economics."