Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who has not been seen in public since election night, released his first video statement since last Tuesday, in which he claimed that the Arab parties are "terror-supporting parties" and that a government relying on them "will not be able to confront the challenge of radical Islam that threatens us from within and from without." Netanyahu, who has issued several written statements since the election casting doubt on the results, stated: "Only a broad national government headed by Likud and under my leadership, which will include all components of the national bloc and all Zionist parties that wish to join, will be able to confront this challenge."