Chairman Rafi Peretz of the Jewish Home Party declared at the meeting of the party's Knesset faction that Member of Knesset Ofir Sofer will chair the faction.
Rabbi Peretz said "Ofir is a very valuable public figure. He was the director-general of the National Union, a man of the north and the periphery, a man who is entirely committed to the people of Israel." He noted that Sofer "was wounded in battle at Joseph's Tomb and was cited for evacuating the wounded under fire. A man who works for the public. These are our values. Success to Ofir."