Kadima Chairwoman Tzipi Livni said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech was "a step in the right direction".
"However due to his conduct and even the way in which he presented his speech tonight, his test will be in action and not in words," she said.
MKs from the opposition Kadima Party, said that the speech represented a long-awaited step toward regional peace.
"Today the prime minister recognized the interest of the Israeli-Jewish interest which is the immediate talks geared toward the creation of a Palestinian state," said MK Otniel Schneller. Kadima must, as a responsible party which believes in the people's unity and wellbeing, support the practical steps toward realizing the prime minister's peace plan.
Kadima MKs Magali Whbee and Zeev Boim were less enthusiastic than Schneller. Whbee called the speech “an improvement, but a very small one,” noting with satisfaction that Netanyahu used the phrase “Palestinian state,” but adding, that "he made sure to wrap them inside innumerable conditions that could make them unpracticable." Whbee called Netanyahu’s oration “the speech of two states and one thousand conditions
