Regavim, an Israeli NGO focused on land issues, welcomed the announcement, calling it 'a critical step for Jerusalem and for the State of Israel as a whole.'
'And the border went up toward Debir from the Valley of Achor, and so northward, facing Gilgal, that is before the ascent to Adumim, which is on the south side of the valley, and the border passed toward the waters of Enshemesh, and the goings out thereof were at En-rogel (Joshua 15:7)'