Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigdor Liberman said at the start of his faction meeting that "it is inconceivable that the government is promoting this delusion called a humanitarian city with investments of billions of dollars while the IDF Chief of Staff opposes it. Political considerations always outweigh security considerations." According to him, "someone needs to guard it, fund it and maintain it. They want to tie us to Gaza. We must move toward ending the war."

