Yitzhak Herzog, Tzipi Livni
Yitzhak Herzog, Tzipi LivniAmir Levy/Flash 90

Labor head Yitzhak Herzog, whose party is running on a joint list with Tzipi Livni's Hatnua under the title "Zionist Union," spoke with Channel 10 in a TV interview on Monday, a mere day before elections, and warned that Yair Lapid's Yesh Atid is posing a problem.

"I have no doubt that we have a clash with Yesh Atid," Herzog said. "Votes for Yesh Atid are liable to be those that will help (Likud head Binyamin) Netanyahu."

The Labor chairman's comments stem from a fear that Yesh Atid may steal votes from Labor, causing his party not to have enough of a gap on Likud to be given first crack at forming a coalition, particularly given indications that Netanyahu has wider support than Labor from the other parties and a better chance of succeeding at creating a government.

Herzog in the interview also was asked about a report from the night before, saying many in the Zionist Union are calling to give up the idea of a rotation with Livni as prime minister, in which Herzog and Livni would each get two years in the post. Those opposing the move claim that cancelling the rotation would add another two or three mandates to their list, given Livni's lack of popularity.

"There will be a rotation and that's that, I obligate myself to my agreement with Tzipi Livni," responded Herzog. "I think that this partnership is amazing. The two of us are satisfied with our joint work."

Speaking about the three or four mandate edge recent polls have given Labor over Likud, which some argue is a result of inaccurate polling, Herzog said "we need a serious effort to preserve the gap."

"We understand that Netanyahu reinvented himself. Suddenly he remembered to speak about housing and to attack and frighten the public like he knows how to do," accused Herzog.

Some of the "frightening" Netanyahu has been doing is to warn against Herzog's intentions, stated clearly in late 2013, to divide Jerusalem and create a Palestinian state on the ruins of Judea and Samaria.