(22.5.2016) At the meeting, Herzog slammed the boycotters, calling them „an anarchist group that want to break everything and destroy the party.“ In the event, a preparatory meeting ahead of the Knesset summer session to open on Monday, Herzog gave his version of the events that transpired in recent weeks, and the reasons for his decision not to join the Netanyahu government.

In response, lawmakers showered him with criticism. „This wasn‘t a rally of Bugie activists,“ one of the attendees said, using Herzog‘s nickname. „The MKs blasted him like there‘s no tomorrow. People spilled their guts.“