In a lengthy and angry statement on Saturday night, joint Shas leader Eli Yishai
said he and his party were reconciled to going into the opposition but accused
Bayit Yehudi leader Nafatli Bennett of stabbing the haredi community in the
back.
Writing on Facebook, Yishai said that those who had been praying
for a government without any haredim were on the verge of success, but that Shas
“will go into the opposition with our heads held high.”