Housing and Construction Minister Ariel Atias (Shas) issued a press release commenting on the attempts to form a united Left-Center bloc. "The attempt to form a counter-Netanyahu bloc and Lapid's statements that he won't join the government must raise concerns of a Likud-Lapid government like the 2003 model – a government without Shas."
He further added, "It was a soulless government that harmed religious services and led anti-religious legislation." (Akiva Novick)