Deputy Defense Minister Eli Ben Dahan (United Right Party) welcomed the US announcement, "I welcome the US State Department's decision to recognize the Golan Heights and Judea and Samaria as part of the State of Israel."
"It turns out that when you make enough effort to convince others of the justice of our path - there are results. This is the way the State of Israel should continue - to believe in the justice of its path and our right to this land until full sovereignty is applied throughout the Land of Israel, " He added.