Le Monde newspaper said that 11 ministers from the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated the day before yesterday, Sunday, in a joyful celebration that included a group of the extreme religious right, calling for the “deportation” of the Palestinians out of the Gaza Strip, and demanding the recolonization of the Strip as “the fruit of the divine will” as a result. The ongoing war.
The newspaper explained – in a report by its correspondent in Jerusalem, Louis Imbert – that large families and students from religious schools and academies preparing for military service gathered in the conference hall in the Ministry area in Jerusalem, and viewed, “with complete Messianic enthusiasm,” three-dimensional views of possible future settlements in Gaza, under A huge map of the Strip, which includes the old settlements of Gush Katif, and a new colony that organizers envision in place of the largely destroyed Palestinian city of Gaza today.
According to the reporter, the leader of the local authorities in the occupied West Bank, Yossi Dagan, and the “Nahala” organization affiliated with Daniela Weiss, one of the settlers whose “Faith Bloc” built the first settlements after the October War in 1973, worked for this meeting. .
Daniela Weiss, who is interested in farmer Avi Farhan, who was evacuated from Gaza in 2005, confirms that “the Palestinians lost the right to live in Gaza” on October 7, and she seeks to ethnically cleanse the Strip.
This demonstration (celebration) highlights the extent of the influence of fundamentalists within the ruling right, as it was attended by 11 ministers and 15 parliamentarians, most of whom represent the extreme religious right in the government, including 7 ministers and elected officials from the Likud Party led by Netanyahu, which is a confused party – according to the reporter – that tends to racial supremacy. Many of them stressed the necessity of “deporting” Palestinians from Gaza under duress.
The correspondent pointed out that those present did not show much interest in the Israeli detainees held by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), nor in the deal to return them alive to their families, nor even in the possibility of the Israeli army’s involvement. Rather, Bezalel Smotrich, Minister of Finance and Minister Responsible for Defense Affairs in the West Bank, praised the anniversary of approx. 220 soldiers died in Gaza, especially those belonging to religious Zionism.
The loudest applause was accompanied by the display of video clips filmed by the soldiers themselves in Gaza, which confirmed that “there are no innocent civilians” and vowed to reoccupy the Strip, noting that some of the images were shown in the hall of the International Court of Justice in The Hague by lawyers from South Africa in support of their argument that accuses Israel. committing genocide in Gaza.
The reporter concluded that Netanyahu believes that the elected officials and ministers participating in this meeting “were right in their opinions,” although he said that the settlers’ project was “unrealistic,” and rejected any discussion about “the day after” the war.
