“It’s definitely a possibility.” This has been the response of a minister of the Israeli Government of Benjamin Netanyahu to a question that connects with the worst fears of the Palestinian population and, at the same time, with the denunciation of an – important – part of the international community that the plans The end of Israel goes through occupation and eventual annexation, contravening, once again, international law.
That was ultranationalist Itamar Ben Gvir’s response to what he would do if Israel eventually ended up occupying the Gaza Strip, the same Palestinian enclave that the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) attacked and invaded in response to the brutal terrorist attacks by Hamas in the October 7. The same space that refuses to leave after having destroyed the leadership of the armed group and in which the dead have already exceeded 44,000, the majority (): children and women.
“I am working hard to promote the promotion of emigration from Gaza with the prime minister and I am discovering some openness”
Itamar Ben Gvir, Minister of National Security of Israel, speaking to IDF radio
Fellow settler Ben Gvir spoke in this way this Monday, during an interview on the haredi radio station Kol Barama. However, it is not the only relevant statement that has been made in recent days. On IDF radio, he stated just a day ago that “I am working hard to promote the promotion of emigration from Gaza with the Prime Minister [Netanyahu]and I am discovering a certain openness in the matter on their part,” he assured of an issue that would represent another violation of international law.
A “historic opportunity to end Hamas” he says, yes, but also to “reoccupy Gaza”
On the other hand, the Minister of National Security has not hidden the fact that he has already done so in the past, leaving Hebron (West Bank) to move to the enclave. “When they evacuated Gush Katif [bloque de asentamientos israelíes que funcionó más de tres décadas hasta que Ariel Sharon ordenó la retirada] “My wife and I left Hebron, moved to Gush Katif and participated in the fighting there until I was arrested,” he said.
The ultra-Zionist is known for defending that the war or military response to Hamas carried out by the Israeli Army in the Strip is a “historic opportunity to end Hamas, restore deterrence and reoccupy Gaza.” In fact, in recent months he has been tightening the rope and has been the protagonist of events such as a far-right congress in Jerusalem in which he proclaimed that “it is time to return home, to Gush Katif.”
