Smotrich also addressed the expected reactions to his plan. "In the coming days we will hear warnings and clichés about igniting the Middle East as a result of sovereignty," he said. "These are the same generals and so-called experts who once promised that the Gaza disengagement would be good for security. We are done surrendering to threats and intimidation. If the Palestinian Authority dares to raise its head and threaten us, we will destroy it just as we are destroying Hamas. I call on Netanyahu to convene the government and make a historic decision to apply sovereignty to all open areas of Judea and Samaria."