Religious Zionism party chairman Bezalel Smotrich said at the beginning of his faction meeting that "the media storm does not weaken me but strengthens me. My stance in the cabinet on what I believe is right for the State of Israel is a duty. Even when I demanded to change the security concept in Judea and Samaria, my views and I were delegitimized. I was right then and I am right today." According to him, "those who seek to silence me and prevent criticism will be responsible for the next misconception and the disaster that will follow it, God forbid."