Hagit Ofran, a senior member of the leftist Peace Now movement, on Sunday evening warned that the government's decision to recognize Havat Gilad as an official community was a serious and dramatic decision.
"The government's decision today to establish the settlement of Havat Gilad (the fifth settlement officially established since 1991) is a dramatic and important decision. Since the implementation of the permit will take a long time, there are those who claim that this is a declaration for propaganda purposes only, but that is not the case," Ofran wrote on Twitter.