Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir yesterday called for the resettlement of the Gaza Strip and for Palestinians to be encouraged to “voluntarily migrate” and leave their land.
This came during a tour organised by the Nachala radical settler organisation at the Gaza fence, near the Netzarim axis in central Gaza.
Ben-Gvir claimed the Hamas cross-border infiltration of Israel on 7 October 2023 was the result of Israel’s “disengagement” from Gaza in 2005, adding that any prisoner swap deal agreed to now could mean leaving the Netzarim axis, which will pose a danger to Israel’s security and “give our enemies the image of victory”.
“Encouraging voluntary immigration [of the Palestinians] is a necessary step. We stand here and say clearly: It is forbidden to carry out this miserable step of leaving the Netzarim axis, and this will harm the [Israelis] security,” he claimed.
Limor Son Har-Melech, member of the Knesset from Ben-Gvir’s party, claimed Jewish settlements will be rebuilt in Gaza and that a wide and extensive resettlement is “the only optimistic vision that can comfort Israelis and ensure justice and security for Israel.”
