Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben Gvir has repeated his call for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza to make room for Jewish settlers and said he would be “very happy” to live in the Strip.
In an interview with the Haredi news outlet Kikar HaShabat, Ben Gvir said Israel must have complete control of Gaza. “Only the state of Israel. No one else. A full occupation of Gaza. Israeli control. Jewish settlement,” he said. “But that is not enough. There is another very important, essential step, which is encouraging emigration.”
When asked if he meant the re-establishment of Jewish settlements that were dismantled in 2005, Ben Gvir said Israel should go much further. “Not only that. If we do indeed see emigration, with hundreds of thousands leaving, we can bring in more and more and more people,” he said, adding, “I will be very happy to live in Gaza.”
Ben Gvir and other Israeli officials have framed their desire for the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from Gaza as “voluntary migration,” but the Israeli onslaught is making the Strip uninhabitable and could give the Palestinians no choice but to leave if they have the option.
While Ben Gvir and other members of his Jewish Power party are considered extremists in Israeli politics, he has significant power as the minister of national security, where he oversees Israeli police, prisons, and border guards. The desire for a total takeover of the Gaza Strip is also shared by other political parties, including Netanyahu’s Likud.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, a member of Likud, recently joined Ben Gvir at a march calling for settlements in Gaza and the expulsion of Palestinians. “In order to preserve the security achievements that our soldiers lost their lives for, we must resettle Gaza with security forces and settlers that will embrace the land with love,” Karhi said in a speech at the march.
So let him move there now. Why wait if he likes it so much?
Ben Gvir Says He Would Be ‘Very Happy’ To Live in Gaza
sure. after Jared Kushner & assoc. are finished refurbishing it
When Israel finally recognizes the father and the son, there just might hope for almost everyone.
Israel’s lack of basic human compassion, is enough to astonish everyone and it clearly illustrates they are indeed children lost in the midst of everything and this will continue to go on and on and on and beyond that, eternity is a long and winding road….
Only look at the hundreds of years those who worship “father and the son” have committed every atrocity imaginable.
Ben Gvir-and-Ben-taketh-away : “I’d LOVE to live in Gaza, are you kidding ? I mean, not now obviously, with the famine and killing and bombing and zero basic human amenities and whatnot, but, once we get a little cleansing done, bulldoze some rubble and human remains into a few holes we can concrete over, get infrastructure in place, and lay down some GORGEOUS beachfront 1600-sq-ft 2 bed 2 bath condos with sweeping views of everywhere the former residents weren’t allowed to fish – boy, I tell you, New Gaza will be the Monaco of Israel !”
If Israel ever does finally get rid of the Palestinians, Gaza is likely to be so contaminated that it will take 100 years to refurbish it for Jewish habitation.
Itamar Ben Gvir will be dead by that time. If Gaza is nuked, it will be uninhabitable. Moving to Gaza after it is nuked would be like WW2 War Criminals moving to Hiroshima or Nagasaki after they were nuked.