The Likud party reacted dismissively to the speech of Yamina chairman Naftali Bennett in which he declared his candidacy for prime minister.
"While Bennett is giving a confused and troubled speech on television, Prime Minister Netanyahu is leading the Corona Cabinet in the world's most rapid vaccination campaign and determining lockdowns, which will bring Israel out of the coronavirus crisis first in the world.
"All of Bennett's proposals have failed around the world, including in Europe which has collapsed into lockdowns with countless more dead than Israel. Only the management of Prime Minister Netanyahu brought Israel to the first place in the world in vaccines. He acted with determination and speed to stop the mutation and placed us in one of the best places in the world in morbidity and mortality," the Likud said.