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Thursday, December 19, 2024
Right-wing minister, MKs attend event at Sderot lookout to plan future Gaza settlements — reports
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleRight-wing lawmakers and settler activists reportedly visited a lookout in the southern city of Sderot that overlooks the Gaza Strip earlier today, to discuss potential locations for future Israeli settlements in the Palestinian enclave.
The Haaretz daily reports that MK Limor Son Har-Malech of Otzma Yehudit and and MK Zvi Sukkot of Religious Zionism led the tour, which was dubbed, “A tour overlooking Gaza.”
Heritage Minister Amichai Eliyahu posts a photo of himself at the event on X, writing, “I can see in my mind the State of Israel giving land and houses on the Gaza coast to everyone who took part in the resurrection of the People of Israel from a difficult time.”
Prominent settler activist Daniella Weiss, who is leading efforts to resettle northern Gaza, was also said to take part in the event.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly denied that Israel intends to resettle the Strip. However, his pro-settler coalition partners, and members of his own Likud party, have spoken in favor of the idea.
אני רואה בעיני רוחי את מדינת ישראל נותנת קרקעות ובתים על חופה של עזה לכל מי שלקח חלק בתקומת עם ישראל מיד צר.
"רק מי שעושה מהתורה טלאים טלאים, מוכן לעשות מארץ ישראל טלאים טלאים". (הרב מנחם זמבה זצ"ל)
עזה היהודית שלנו, בדיוק כפי שחיפה, תל אביב, וירושלים, שלנו.
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— ????????עמיחי אליהו – Amichay Eliyahu (@Eliyahu_a) December 19, 2024
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