The Sovereignty movement has welcomed the initiative of Chairman Bezalel Smotrich of the National Union Party to promote the application of Israeli sovereignty over the Jordan Valley at the special Knesset meeting whose primary purpose is to deal with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's request for immunity from prosecution on corruption charges.
Movement leaders Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar said, "The word 'first' should be added to the move promoted by Minister Smotrich. Sovereignty over the Jordan Valley first, when the target is also sovereignty over Judea and Samaria." The movement noted the opinion of jurists that the course of sovereignty can also be promoted during this period of a transitional government, and there is no constitutional obligation to wait for the day after the elections.