Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed his Government's intention to strengthen and expand settlement in the occupied West Bank and the Golan.
In a statement, he said that "Jewish people have an exclusive right to act  all over the land, and the Government will encourage and develop settlement all over the land in Galilee, the Negev, the Golan and the West Bank."

The statement noted the right-wing parties' demand to give the army more space to act using force in the West Bank against Palestinians, and that the Government would work to strengthen and support the army forces to fight and kill Palestinians.