The Likud responded to the words of New Hope candidate Danny Dayan, who said last night that his party would prefer a coalition with Yair Lapid and Merav Michaeli over the Likud.

"As we said - a vote for Gideon or Bennett is a vote for a left-wing government led by Lapid. Only the Likud will establish a full-fledged right-wing government," the party said.