Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich addressed the possibility of expanding the Abraham Accords, saying that "expanding the Abraham Accords is a wonderful thing." According to him, "but if it's a shiny wrapper for an existential threat in the form of dividing the land, handing territories to the enemy and establishing a Palestinian terrorist state twenty times larger than Gaza in an area that geographically and topographically controls most of Israel's territory - then no! Thank you." Smotrich added: "Mr. Prime Minister, let it be clear that you have no mandate. If there are countries that want peace for peace - welcome, if they want a Palestinian state, they should forget about it."