Residents of Kiryat Shmona are angry at the intention to evict them from the hotels. The reason for the evacuation is the approaching spring: "They prefer money to unity" Mayor Avihai Stern was outraged by the decision: "The slogan together we will win is probably not relevant on the Isrotel network" The mayor urged the network's CEO to retract his "immoral decision", but the CEO refused.

"I am ashamed and disgraced," said the mayor. "The war is not only ours, but the whole country's"