Labor MK Ophir Pines-Paz said after the cabinet decision to freeze construction in Judea and Samaria that "it turns out again that the things you see from there you do not see from here.” The expression was often used by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to explain his about face regarding Jewish settlement in Yesha.
"This is a small step forward, but I'm afraid that it is too timid and too late. Had it been carried out before the failed summit in New York we would all be sitting around the negotiating table long ago, while today it is doubtful this will be able to move the political process forward," he added.