Head of the far-left Meretz Party, Tamar Zandberg, denounced the planned approval of new housing units in Judea and Samaria, saying: "The decision to add 1,000 new housing units to the territories is a finger in the eye for any possible political process. The government is scorning all Israeli interests to the benefit of the settlers, and in the upcoming elections it will be obvious that the prime minister, who is already up to his neck in investigations, has no moral mandate left on which to make decisions."