Senior member Yair Lapid of the Blue and White Party has responded to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's speech against the establishment of a minority government by calling on Netanyahu to waive his demands to form a unity government.
Lapid said, "If Netanyahu is so hysterical about the idea of a minority government - he should come and establish a unity government with us, part from the haredi-religious-messianic bloc, agree to be second in a [prime ministerial] rotation and we'll have a unity government within 48 hours." He claimed, "The problem is that Netanyahu has decided, on the advice of his lawyers, that he is going to elections."