MK Yoav Kish from the Likud expressed support for Likud primaries, saying "If we go to elections, we must have primaries. Like in football, the team is more important than the star.

"Obviously, Netanyahu has a problem if he failed to form a government twice. The assaults on Sa'ar are what's divisive. I'll decide who I'll vote for when it is on the table,” he told Galei Tzahal.