Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan
Samaria Regional Council head Yossi DaganFlash 90

Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan, a key Likud party activist, issued a statement Tuesday evening in support of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu in light of the investigations against him and the attacks on the prime minister by left-wing journalists.

Under the headline "Strengthening Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Government," Dagan wrote on his Facebook page that "those who demand Netanyahu's resignation here and now do not seek the rule of law. They want to replace the national camp with the leftist government."

"Those who want to topple Netanyahu also want to uproot the settlements and establish a terror state within spitting distance of the coastal plain. This is the time to strengthen Prime Minister Netanyahu, to support him and to stand as a large national camp against the entire left," Dagan added.

Dagan added that he had engaged in many arguments with the prime minister over his demand that the government build in Samaria and the all of the Land of Israel. "I want to say that Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu is an excellent prime minister. He is good for the entire State of Israel, and for the settlements in Judea and Samaria, despite the disagreements which sometimes come up."

"We stand by the prime minister in a clear and unequivocal manner, and demand [the fulfillment of] the clear and obvious democratic value that the government be replaced at the polls - not through investigations."