Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, head of the Religious Zionism party, called the legislation to cancel the reasonableness standard 'an essential need for which there is a very broad consensus. The reform is essential for the people of Israel - this is the way to allow the elected government to implement its policy according to the law,' during his party's faction meeting on Monday. He even responded to US President Joe Biden, who claimed that "part of the problem is the ministers who say 'we can settle anywhere'", and said that "it is his right to express criticism, and our right to defend ourselves, fight terrorism and build our homeland anywhere." (Moran Azoulay)