Former Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef launched an attack on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Shas chairman Aryeh Deri. "Before forming the government, as written in the coalition agreement, the conscription law should have been passed before the first budget," he said. He emphasized: "Don't listen to Bibi after the budget. Why do you listen to Bibi? He is an atheist!" He criticized the army, adding: "They mainly arrest Sephardim, they know that the father is weak there, the mother is weak. What is this, Russia? When someone knocks on the door, look through the peephole to see who it is."

