Member of the Development and Liberation bloc, Qassem Hashem, said that "the continuation of the situation as it is, with daily attacks and the expansion of the occupation's scope and the resulting impacts and repercussions, calls for abandoning submission and compliance with dictates and directions that serve the enemy's interest. He called for "being mindful of the enemy's intentions and aggressive projects, the features of which appeared through floating the idea of the gray line and its return to spreading the spirit of discord," pointing out that this requires pausing to consider it, and stressing the government's responsibility to attend to the people of the southern villages and towns, support their steadfastness, provide developmental and social services, and plug any gap. He demanded the government, "while in the phase of studying the budget, to take into account the needs of the border regions and set a special budget to secure the requirements of the area so that no room remains for the influence of the enemy's ideas from any angle."