National Union Chairman MK Bezalel Smotrich choose to respond to Gantz's speech even before it is aired, saying: "Gantz is an esteemed man who until now has been silent, and now he will speak and say nothing, the
people want empty words and slogans. An atmosphere like that of Yaalon and Gantz is destined to disappear and not to influence. Religious Zionism is the truth, there is a way, and there is someone to rely on. "