Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni criticized the government Sunday night for its decision earlier in the day to adopt a map of national priorities that includes isolated Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. Speaking at a political event in Herzliya for the third night of Chanukah, the Kadima party chairwoman said, "I don't understand how responsible leadership, which understands what is needed to maintain Israel as Jewish and democratic, can encourage Israelis to settle in isolated places when everyone knows that they are the price being asked to create a future for the whole Jewish people."
She continued, "[Prime Minister Binyamin] Netanyahu congratulated us on creating a consensus around blocs. Netanyahu needs courage to join the existing consensus, not just around what will be part of Israel but what won't."