The leaders of the left parties, Merav Michaeli and Yair Lapid, rushed to blame the government for the incident of the stampede in the Ayalon lanes and claimed that it was the result of "incitement", but the police have since decided that there is no suspicion of a deliberate stampede

After the publication of the "Million Plan for Samaria," the regional council is launching efforts to promote the program, and initial billboards have been placed along various locations on the Ayalon highway