Democrats leader Yair Golan spoke at his party's election campaign launch rally at Rabin Square and said that "Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Katz are deliberately turning Judea and Samaria, on the eve of elections, into a powder keg that endangers lives and Israel's security. The blood of our soldiers that has been and will be spilled - is on their hands." He added: "I pledge here, we will replace them and ensure that the 'trips' to Areas A and B will end, Jewish terrorism will be eradicated, Ben-Gvir's armed militias will be dismantled, Smotrich's illegal outposts will be removed, and the IDF will return to focusing on defending Israel's security."