Israeli analyzes unanimously agree that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hidden support for the “Return to Gaza Settlement” conference reflects his submission to the blackmails of extremist religious movements. Observers unanimously agreed that Netanyahu gave the green light to hold the conference for fear of ending his political career.

The conference calls for settlement in all of historic Palestine for Biblical religious motives, and analysts say that it deepened the rift and conflict in Israeli society over the identity of the "Jewish state"