New Hope Deputy Chairman Ze'ev Elkin rejects the report that he tried to team up with Bennett before joining Sa'ar: “A total hallucination. I appreciate Bennett and Shaked, we have a good relationship, but I did not leave the Likud to return to the Netanyahu government again. "
In an interview with Galei Tzahal, Elkin asserted, "Naftali and Ayelet harshly criticize Netanyahu, but in the same breath do not promise not to sit under him."