Thousands of Israelis, including several ministers, gathered this Sunday night at Jerusalem to ask the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu the resettlement of colonies in the Gaza Strip when the war against him ends Palestinian Islamist movement Hamasalmost 20 years since the Hebrew country withdrew its settlements in that Palestinian territory.
Members of the Likud, party of Netanyahu, and other far-right ministers participated in the rally, while fighting between the Israeli army and the Palestinian Islamist movement continues. Hamas in Loop.
“The time has come to return to Gush Katif and encourage voluntary emigration”declared the Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben Gvir, which mentioned a group of Israeli colonies that were previously installed in Gaza.
Ministers and citizens call for expelling Palestinians from Gaza
Ben Gvir He was one of the officials who appeared dancing in circles during the meeting, in videos broadcast on social networks by journalists who covered the event.
Eleven other ministers were at the rally, held at a packed conference center in Jerusalem, according to organizers.
Participants in the meeting called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gazaand they stated that replant colonies It is the only way to guarantee Israel’s security, the AFP news agency reported.
The congregation showed that a extremist sector, many members of the national settler movement that occupies the Palestinian territory of West Bank, and for a long time a minority in Israel, is currently gaining ground, which could widen the differences between Israel and its ally the United States.
Israel’s colonial history in the Gaza Strip and West Bank
Israel occupied the Gaza Strip as well as West Bank and East Jerusalem since the war of 1967.
Some 400,000 Israelis currently live in the West Bank in colonies considered illegal by the majority of the international community, next to three million Palestinians. Thousands more live in east Jerusalem.
Israel withdrew its citizens from 21 settlements in the Gaza Strip in 2005. The territory is home to 2.4 million Palestinians, a large majority of whom have been displaced since the fighting began in October.
The war began when Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping around 240, including around twenty Argentinians.
In response, Israel launched an air and ground offensive in Gaza that has so far left 26,422 dead, mostly women, children and adolescents, according to the Hamas Ministry of Health.
Source: Ambito
