Israel’s far-right openly boasts of resettling Gaza as election looms
On Sunday, National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich – two key far-right members of Netanyahu’s government – led thousands of Israeli settlers and activists to the Gaza perimeter demanding the reestablishment of three settlements in northern Gaza: Nisanit, Dugit and Elei Sinai.
Expanding settlements in the occupied West Bank and rebuilding settlements in Gaza are an open dream of Israel’s far-right, and they see the current moment in time with Israel occupying more than half of Gaza as a prime opportunity to pressure Netanyahu to advance their agenda.
Smotrich cast the moment in clear political terms, warning that a change of government could “roll back all the Zionist and national settlement revolution” of the previous four years under the most right-wing government in Israel’s history.
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