The chairman of the Religious Zionism Party, MK Bezalel Smotrich, responded to Naftali Bennett's announcement of his intention to form a government with Yair Lapid and the left.
'' Bennett's ability to lie in front of the cameras without blinking is simply amazing. For a month and a half he has consciously sabotaged all efforts to form a right-wing government, and then claims that it is impossible to form one and aligns himself with the left and supporters of terrorism. Everything was coordinated and planned in advance. This is the biggest scam in the history of Israeli politics.".