Member of Knesset Yair Lapid (Yesh Atid) said, Monday evening, "I welcome the Prime Minister, who called tonight for international recognition of [Israeli sovereignty over] the Golan Heights. Seriously. Without a drop of irony."
Lapid explained, "I've been working on this for a very long time and we really wanted the government to be part of the effort. If the prime minister gets drafted [to the effort], this will add to the campaign and that is more important than all the considerations of credit. Israel will not have better timing for this demand for international recognition."