Israeli group calls for decisive action: occupation, expulsion, and settlement in Gaza
The Nachala movement, a right-wing, ultranationalist group, has planned a demonstration on February 27 to call for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza and the construction of illegal settlements there.
“We must return to fighting now and this time decisively! With a clear goal: occupation, expulsion and settlement!” read a message on the group’s Facebook page.
Pro-settlement groups have been reinvigorated since the establishment of a far-right government in Israel whose members include settlers such as Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
In October, Smotrich called for the re-establishment of Jewish settlements in the Palestinian enclave while then-National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said that “encouraging emigration” of Palestinian residents of the territory was the best and “most ethical” solution to the conflict, even as human rights groups label that plan as ethnic cleansing.
Israeli Knesset member suggests taking part of Egypt’s Sinai for Gaza’s Palestinians
Tally Gotliv, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, offered the idea as a “suggestion”, despite Egypt’s repeated opposition to the idea of hosting Palestinians ethnically cleansed from Gaza.
“I propose allocating a part of Sinai in the Rafah area and establishing a town for Gaza residents,” Gottlieb said. “A solution can be considered where the United States rents land from Egypt to accomodate Gaza residents."
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