The younger Netanyahu said that the prime minister had warned against the election of Rivlin as president and had turned out to be correct, asserting that Rivlin follows a left-wing policy.Yair claimed that Sa'ar is likewise a member of the left, hiding behind a right-wing facade. "The Left-wing media praises Gideon Sa'ar, they know which side he is on," he wrote.Yair Netanyahu also claimed that Rivlin "is waiting for after the elections, so he can deny my father of the ability to form a new government, even if the Likud wins," adding that Rivlin will instead let "his good friend" Gideon Sa'ar fulfill the task."We won't let them," Netanyahu vowed.Gideon Sa'ar, in an interview to Channel 12 on Monday night, the eve of Likud primaries, commented on Yair Netanyahu's frequent Facebook posts against him saying "it makes me sad for a young man to say such things regardless of him being the prime minister's son/"
A source close to Netanyahu said the prime minister is working to ensure Sa’ar does win the Likud primaries.