Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan offered a word of caution on Sunday in reaction to the statement made by United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman that Israel has the right to annex parts of Judea and Samaria.
Speaking at the ninth Samaria Conference in Alon Moreh, Dagan noted that Jews and Arabs together have built seven percent of the Judea and Samaria, leaving 93 percent of the West Bank empty. With that in mind, he said, "Every plan should be for the best, and even the beginning of sovereignty over all Jewish settlements in Judea and Samaria, if the price to be paid is a withdrawal from Area C, even an inch, we as a national camp should set a red line at the level of overthrowing the government."