Chairman Yossi Dagan of the Samaria Regional Council, who is considered a key activist in the Likud, has commended Defense Minister Naftali Bennett on his trip to Washington, DC to meet his counterpart and other senior officials to explain Israel's position.
Dagan said, "This is a courageous and important strategic step.... US officials should understand the importance of sovereignty for the State of Israel in the security field." To illustrate his point, he said, "When we bring congressmen and Senate members to the state's porch in Peduel and they see Ben Gurion Airport and Tel Aviv under the palm of their hand, when they quickly see the Tel Aviv port and the ships at Ashdod port, they realize that not only is Judea and Samaria not just a moral and moral issue, but a state of terrorism in this place would jeopardize the very existence of the State of Israel...."