Foreign Minister Israel Katz (Likud) blessed the prime minister for his statement that he will apply sovereignty over the Jordan Valley after the elections.
"I congratulate Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu on the pledge he made this evening to apply Israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley - the eastern border of the State of Israel - immediately after the next government was formed.
I am convinced that the American government, the friendliest to Israel, has always supported this course, following the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and Israeli sovereignty at the Golan Heights.
Now, the Israeli voter will be required to choose between those who fortify and defend the secure borders of the State of Israel, and those who support the delivery of territories and the removal of hundreds of thousands of Jews from their homes and land. "