Haredi-religious columnist Ya'akov Rivlin has published in the Bekehikah newspaper things that Prime Minister and Likud Party Chairman Binyamin Netanyahu said in closed talks with senior members of haredi parties this week:

"In the next election, if we go [to elections] no one knows for sure what the outcome will be. Only one thing is clear: Religious Zionism is going to crash and Ayelet Shaked will finally end the political chapter in her life. [Senior New Right Party member Naftali] Bennett will join the Likud."