The demand by some right-wing politicians in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet to repopulate the Gaza Strip after the war is also echoed by parts of the Israeli population. On Sunday, thousands of people in Jerusalem demanded the return of Jewish settlers to the Palestinian Authority. But the Israeli military apparently wants to take action against such efforts.
According to a report by the news portal Axios, Defense Secretary Yoav Gallant assured the US that he and the military would prevent Israelis from repopulating the Gaza Strip. Gallant said in a call with US officials last week that a planned buffer zone in the Gaza Strip would be temporary and serve security purposes only.
Netanyahu: Repopulation plans are unrealistic
The reconstruction of outposts or settlements by Israeli settlers will not be allowed. Ministers from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing conservative ruling party Likud were also represented at a settler-friendly conference in Jerusalem on Sunday evening. However, Netanyahu himself had described plans to repopulate the Gaza Strip after the war as unrealistic.
In addition to a return of Israeli settlers to the coastal strip, right-wing extremist police minister Itamar Ben-Gvir also called for an exodus of Palestinians. Only this could prevent another massacre like that of October 7, he argued.
Israeli withdrawal from Gaza in 2005
In 2005, Israel withdrew from Gaza and evacuated more than twenty Israeli settlements. In 2007, the Islamist Hamas took exclusive control of the coastal area after a bloody battle with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah organization. About 2.2 million Palestinians live there.
Source: Krone
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